| Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies: The Legality of the Contingent Contributor(s): Douzinas, Costas (Editor), Goodrich, Peter (Editor), Hachamovitch, Yifat (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415086523 ISBN-13: 9780415086523 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: "Laws of Postmodernity" is the first work of legal scholarship to apply postmodern jurisprudence to an analysis of a number of substantive areas of law. In analyzing the cultural significance of law, the contributors show how critical jurisprudential analysis undermines positivistic attempts to support a normative viewpoint of the legal order. In addition, they criticize contextual, sociological accounts of legal phenomena. The contributors explore blasphemy laws in the wake of the Salman Rushdie affair, and French critical legal theory-- particularly the work of Pierre Legendre--to highlight the repression of psychoanalysis within jurisprudence. Through detailed accounts, "Laws of Postmodernity" clearly illustrates the practical application and theoretical significance of postmodern jurisprudence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal Education |
| Dewey: 340.1 |
| LCCN: 93020937 |
| Series: And Sport |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
