The Gift of Science
Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition
Seiten
2005
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-01873-0 (ISBN)
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-01873-0 (ISBN)
Moving from the scientific revolution to the 19th-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law’s claim to moral authority. He finds that the subordination of law to science actually transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends.
The front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communities face mere fines that don't dent profits. In The Gift of Science, a bold, revisionist account of 300 years of jurisprudence, Roger Berkowitz looks beyond these headlines to explore the historical and philosophical roots of our current legal and ethical crisis.
Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends. Drawing on major figures from the traditions of law, philosophy, and history, The Gift of Science is not only a mesmerizing and original intellectual history of law; it shows how modern law remains imprisoned by a failed scientific metaphysics.
The front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communities face mere fines that don't dent profits. In The Gift of Science, a bold, revisionist account of 300 years of jurisprudence, Roger Berkowitz looks beyond these headlines to explore the historical and philosophical roots of our current legal and ethical crisis.
Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends. Drawing on major figures from the traditions of law, philosophy, and history, The Gift of Science is not only a mesmerizing and original intellectual history of law; it shows how modern law remains imprisoned by a failed scientific metaphysics.
Roger Berkowitz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Human Rights at Bard College.
Preface Note on Terminology Introduction. Legal Codification, Positive Law, and the Question of Science Part I: From Insight to Science: Leibniz's Scientific Foundation of Justice Introduction 1. Beyond Geometry: Leibniz and the Science of Law 2. The Force of Law: Will 3. Leibniz's "Systema Iuris" Conclusion Part II: The Allgemeine Landrecht: From Recht to Gesetz Introduction 4. From the Gesetzbuch to the Landrecht: The ALR and the Triumph of Legality 5. The Rule of Law: The Crown Prince Lectures and the Grounding of Legality in Order and Security
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.11.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-01873-7 / 0674018737 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01873-0 / 9780674018730 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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