Criminals and Enemies (Paperback)

Key binaries like public/private and speech/conduct are mainstays of the liberal legal system. However, the pairing of criminal/enemy has received little scholarly attention by comparison. Bringing together a group of distinguished and disciplinarily diverse scholars, Criminals and Enemies, the most recent volume in the Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, addresses this gap in the literature. Drawing on political philosophy, legal analysis, and historical research, this essential volume reveals just how central the criminal/enemy distinction is to the structure and practice of contemporary law. The editors' introduction situates criminals and enemies in a theoretical context, focusing on the work of Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt, while other essays consider topics ranging from Germany's denazification project to South Africa's pre- and post-apartheid legal regime to the complicating factors introduced by the war on terror. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Stephen Clingman, Jennifer Daskal, Sara Kendall, Devin Pendas, and Annette Weinke.

General

Imprint:	University of Massachusetts Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
Release date:	December 2018
Editors:	Austin Sarat • Lawrence Douglas • Martha Merrill Umphrey
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-62534-393-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	1-62534-393-0
Barcode:	9781625343932

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