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Law after modernity / Sionaidh Douglas Scott.

By: Series: Legal theory todayPublication details: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2013.Description: xiii, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781841130293 (hbk.)
  • 184113029X (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 SCO
Contents:
1. Introduction : beyond the "degree zero" of law after modernity; 2. Autonomous law or redundant law? : the elusive nature of legal theory; 3. Law as system : the missing multidimensionality of law; 4. Reconfiguring the legal landscape : the sojourn of legal pluralism; 5. The injustice of law after modernity; 6. Law, justice and injustice; 7. Legal justice I : "maimed justice" and the rule of law; 8. Legal justice II : reclaiming the rule of law from its "dark side" : critical legal justice; 9. The enigma of human rights; 10. Critical legal justice and beyond : cosmopolitanism; 11. Beyond cosmopolitanism : the murky world of governance and global "justice"; 12. Conclusion : law and justice after modernity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : beyond the "degree zero" of law after modernity;
2. Autonomous law or redundant law? : the elusive nature of legal theory;
3. Law as system : the missing multidimensionality of law;
4. Reconfiguring the legal landscape : the sojourn of legal pluralism;
5. The injustice of law after modernity;
6. Law, justice and injustice;
7. Legal justice I : "maimed justice" and the rule of law;
8. Legal justice II : reclaiming the rule of law from its "dark side" : critical legal justice;
9. The enigma of human rights;
10. Critical legal justice and beyond : cosmopolitanism;
11. Beyond cosmopolitanism : the murky world of governance and global "justice";
12. Conclusion : law and justice after modernity.