Politics, postmodernity, and critical legal studies : the legality of the contingent / edited by Costas Douzinas, Peter Goodrich, and Yifat Hachamovitch
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Douzinas, Costas, 1951-, Goodrich, Peter, 1954-, and Hachamovitch, Yifat, 1959-
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Introduction: politics, ethics and the legality of the contigent / Peter Goodrich, Costas Douzinas and Yifat Hachamovitch--In emulation of the clouds: an essay on the obscure object of judgement / Yifat Hachamovitch--As if: camera juridica / Tim Murphy--Jani anglorum: signs, symptoms, slips and interpretation in law / Peter Goodrich--The paternity of law / Alain Pottage--Antigone's law: a genealogy of jurisprudence / Costas Douzinas and Ronnie Warrington.
- Summary
- Annotation This timely and assured book provides a unique guide to critical legal studies which is one of the most exciting developments within contemporary jurisprudence. It is the first book to systematically apply a critical philosophy to the substance of common law. The book develops a coruscating and interdisciplinary overview of the politics and cultural significance of the institutions of the law.
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- ISBN
- 0203976800 (electronic bk.)
9780203976807 (electronic bk.)
0415086515 (hbk.)
9780415086516 (hbk.)
9780415086523 (pbk.)
0415086523 (pbk.)
1134883587
9781134883585
1280144874
9781280144875
0415086523 (Paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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