Law after Modernity
About this book
How can we characterise law and legal theory in the twenty-first century? Law After Modernity argues that we live in an age 'after Modernity' and that legal theory must take account of this fact. The book presents a dynamic analysis of law, which focusses on the richness and pluralism of law, on its historical embeddedness, its cultural contingencies, as well as acknowledging contemporary law's global and transnational dimensions. However, Law After Modernity also warns that the complexity, fragmentation, pluralism and globalisation of contemporary law may all too easily perpetuate injustice. In this respect, the book departs from many postmodern and pluralist accounts of law. Indeed, it asserts that the quest for justice becomes a crucial issue for law in the era of legal pluralism, and it investigates how it may be achieved. The approach is fresh, contextual and interdisciplinary, and, unusually for a legal theory work, is illustrated throughout with works of art and visual representations, which serve to re-enforce the messages of the book.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Prelims
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- 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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