Hannah Arendt and the law
By: edited by Marco Goldoni and Christopher McCorkindale
Series: Law and practical reason -- v. 4; Law and practical reason -- v. 4.
Publisher: Hart Pub.2
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781849461436
Subjects: Philosophy; Constitutional law; Law; International law
Description: "This book fills a major gap in the ever-increasing secondary literature on Hannah Arendt's political thought by providing a dedicated and coherent treatment of the many, various and interesting things which Arendt had to say about law. Often obscured by more pressing or more controversial aspects of her work, Arendt nonetheless had interesting insights into Greek and Roman concepts of law, human rights, constitutional design, legislation, sovereignty, international tribunals, judicial review and much more. This book retrieves these aspects of her legal philosophy for the attention of both Arendt scholars and lawyers alike. The book brings together lawyers as well as Arendt scholars drawn from a range of disciplines (philosophy, political science, international relations), who have engaged in an internal debate the dynamism of which is captured in print. Following the editors' introduction, the book is split into four Parts: Part I explores the concept of law in Arendt's thought; Part II explores legal aspects of Arendt's constitutional thought: first locating Arendt in the wider tradition of republican constitutionalism, before turning attention to the role of courts and the role of parliament in her constitutional design. In Part III Arendt's thought on international law is explored from a variety of perspectives, covering international institutions and international criminal law, as well as the theoretical foundations of international law. Part IV debates the foundations, content and meaning of Arendt's famous and influential claim that the 'right to have rights' is the one true human right."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Law beyond command? : An evaluation of Arendt's understanding of law / Keith Breen; title: Between freedom and law : Hannah Arendt on the promise of modern revolution and the burden of "the tradition" / Michael A. Wilkinson; title: Law and the space of appearance in Arendt's thought / Johan van der Walt; title: A lawless legacy : Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben / Vivian Liska; title: Arendt's constitutional question / Emilios Christodoulidis and Andrew Schaap; title: The role of the Supreme Court in Arendt's political constitution / Marco Goldini and Chris McCorkindale; title: A constitutional niche for civil disobedience? : Reflections on Arendt / William Smith; title: The search for a new beginning : Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers as critics of West German parliamentarianism / Kari Palonen; title: Facing the abyss : international law before the political / Florian Hoffmann; title: International law and human plurality in the shadow of totalitarianism : Hannah Arendt and Raphael Lemkin / Seyla Brunkhorst; title: Power and the rule of law in Arendt's thought / Hauke Bronkhorst; title: Hannah Arendt and the languages of global governance / Jan Klabbers; title: "How dangerous can it be to be innocent" : war and the law in the thought of Hannah Arendt /  Patricia Owens; title: Hannah Arendt's judgement of bureaucracy /; title: Leora Bilsky; title: Arendt in Jerusalem, Demjanjuk in Munich / Lawrence Douglas -- Between politics and law : Hannah Arendt and the subject of rights / Charles Barbour -- Citizens and persons : legal status and human rights in Hannah Arendt / James Bohman -- The right to have rights : from human rights to citizens' rights and back / Samantha Besson.