Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law

Desmond Manderson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2006
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3041-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Links the controversial ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and the common law legal tradition. This book features an arguement, that the ethicists and lawyers struggle with the same basic questions of why we should care for others and what responsibility really demands of us, using the same language of care, neighbourhood, and proximity.

Autor

Desmond Manderson is professor and Canada Research Chair in Law and Discourse, McGill University, and author of Songs Without Music: Aesthetic Dimensions of Law and Justice and Courting Death: The Law of Morality.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Montreal
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 550 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
• ISBN-10: 0-7735-3041-X / 077353041X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-3041-6 / 9780773530416
• Zustand: Neuware