Law, Text, Terror - Brossura

Ward, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0521740215 ISBN 13: 9780521740210

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

The relationship between law and terrorism has re-emerged recently as a pressing issue in contemporary jurisprudence. Terrorism appears to take law to its limit, whilst the demands of counter-terrorism hold the cause of justice in contempt. At this point the case for engaging alternative intellectual approaches and resources is compelling. Ian Ward argues that through a closer appreciation of the ethical and aesthetical dimensions of terror, as well as the historical, political and cultural, we can better comprehend modern expressions and experiences of terrorism. For this reason, alongside juristic responses to modern expressions of terrorism, Law, Text, Terror examines a variety of supplementary literary texts as well as alternative intellectual approaches; from the drama of Euripides and Shakespeare, to the rhetoric and poetry of Burke and Shelley, the literary feminisms of Lessing and Rame, and the narrative existentialism of Conrad, Coetzee, Dostoevsky and DeLillo.

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Descrizione del libro

Ian Ward places contemporary political and jurisprudential responses to terrorism within a broader intellectual context, deploying a variety of literary, cultural and historical texts and resources. Each chapter explores a particular historical experience of terror and terrorism, discussing the immediate political and jurisprudential responses alongside particular literary or cultural texts.

L'autore

Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University. He has written extensively in the associated areas of public law, legal theory and international order, and has held visiting positions at universities in Canada, the US, France, Italy and Finland.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521740215
• ISBN 13: 9780521740210
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 210