ABSTRACT
Postmodernism can appear to be an extremely negative and nihilistic vision, for, if there is no such thing as the ‘truth of the human condition’, it is clearly diffi cult to formulate an argument in support of basic human rights, or to locate legitimate foundations for law, if the human experience is seen to be refl exive and relative. The relativism implied by postmodernism thus denies the possibility of truth and hence of justice in anything other than a purely subjective form, which inevitably consigns us to the prospect of confl ict.
