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Droit et politique --- Law and politics --- Recht en politiek --- Abortion --- Constitutional law --- Law --- Law and legislation --- Political aspects. --- United States

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This short and accessible book provides a provocative re-assessment of the various tangled relationships between law and politics and in so doing examines legal and political thinking on such critical areas as justice,the state, constitutionalism and rights. It introduces lawyers especially to certain important themes in some of the key texts in political thought and introduces political scientists to the legal dimensions of a number of central themes of political studies. Written by one of the leading theorists in constitutional law, the book should prove to be an indispensable companion for any student or teacher interested in law and politics. Contents I. Law and Politics in the Conversation of Mankind II. Justice III. The State IV. Constitutionalism V. Conclusions

Politics --- Law --- Droit et politique --- Law and politics --- Recht en politiek --- Law. --- Law, General & Comparative --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political aspects --- Political aspects.

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Sociology of law --- United States --- Droit et politique --- Recht en politiek --- Adversary system (Law) --- Système accusatoire (Droit) --- Système accusatoire (Droit) --- Justice, Administration of --- Law --- Justice --- Political aspects. --- Administration --- Justice [Administration of ] --- United States of America

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Now that contemporary scholars have begun to extend postmodern theory to law, an appraisal of its relevance in that sphere is especially important. This book offers a critical introduction to writings on law by key postmodern philosophers--Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, and Rorty--and articulates the strengths and weaknesses of postmodern legal theory. Douglas Litowitz takes a critical stance on these thinkers and determines that postmodern philosophy falls short of a positive jurisprudence--a vision of a just state and a moral legal system--because it takes an unduly external perspective on the law and espouses an unworkable anti-foundationalism. The postmodernist perspective, he argues, is too removed from our legal practices to resolve legal problems like abortion, flag burning, or pornography. Litowitz shows that postmodernism is so far removed from the language games in which lawyers and judges decide key legal issues that it leaves the internal practice of law untouched, and its radical rejection of foundations precludes a position from which a just legal system might be built. Still, postmodernism can make a significant contribution to legal theory by showing the limits of existing arrangements, focusing attention on genealogy and discourse, and empowering those who have been denied a voice under the legal system. Postmodern Philosophy and Law bridges the gap between Anglo-American jurisprudence and postmodern theory by discussing not only traditional approaches such as natural law theory and legal positivism but also continental philosophy and critical legal studies. It is the first book to expound and critique postmodern legal theory and its ramifications for a mainstream audience of legal scholars and philosophers.

Droit et politique --- Filosofie van het postmodernisme --- Law and politics --- Philosophie postmoderniste --- Postmodernism --- Postmodernisme --- Postmodernisme (esthétique) --- Postmodernisme (filosofie) --- Postmodernisme (philosophie) --- Recht en politiek --- Law --- Philosophy --- Political aspects --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Lyotard, Jean-François --- Derrida, Jacques --- Foucault, Michel --- Nietzsche, Friedrich --- Rorty, Richard --- Law - Philosophy --- Law - Political aspects

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Droit et politique --- Justice sociale --- Law and politics --- Processen (Recht) --- Procès (Droit) --- Recht en politiek --- Rechtvaardigheid [Sociale ] --- Rol van de recht --- Role of law --- Rôle du droit --- Social justice --- Sociale rechtvaardigheid --- State trials --- Trials --- Law --- Rule of law. --- Social justice. --- Trials. --- Political aspects.