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Law’s Task. The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering

By Wolcher Loius D.

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2007
ISBN
0754656748; 978-0754656746
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4887308 bytes)
Pages
278\278
Topic
Jurisprudence Law
Time added
2016-06-03 13:12:00
Юридические дисциплины;Философия права

Description

What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical, jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by five general terms - thinking, human suffering, legal meaning, time and tragedy - the book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many. It traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: the existence of universal human suffering and how it is that law-doers inflict or tolerate that suffering.

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