Proximity, Levinas, And the Soul of Law
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: May 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780773530416
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Legal profession; Jurisprudence; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Philosophy; Law and ethics; Negligence; Torts
Description: "Without compromising the integrity of either Levinas' poetic evocations of our spirit or the law's dense descriptions of our society, Manderson brings the two into constructive dialogue. For the student of Levinas the author offers an understanding of the implications and difficulties involved in applying ethics to law - major issues in continental philosophy. For the student of law he provides a powerful new framework through which to reconceptualize duty of care, the law of negligence, and the nature of legal judgment itself - major issues in legal theory."--BOOK JACKET.