The one and only law : Walter Benjamin and the second commandment /
James R. Martel.
- Ann Arbor [Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : a slight adjustment -- The one and only law -- The law of the break with law : Badiou and legal ethics -- Raving with reason : Kant and the moral law -- A "useful illusion" : H.L.A. Hart and legal positivism -- The Haitian revolution : one law in action -- Conclusion : how lawful is one law?
A radical critique of contemporary legal practices and understandings based on a new consideration of Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence."
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 --Criticism and interpretation.