ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |31 pages

Introduction

Politics, ethics and the legality of the contingent

part |114 pages

The contingency of judgement

chapter |35 pages

In emulation of the clouds

An essay on the obscure object of judgement

chapter |39 pages

As if

Camera juridica

chapter |39 pages

Jani Anglorum

Signs, symptoms, slips and interpretation in law

part |81 pages

The Law of Law

chapter |40 pages

Antigone's Law

A genealogy of jurisprudence