From early in his career Jacques Derrida was intrigued by law. Over time, this fascination with law grew more manifest and he published a number of highly influential analyses of ethics, justice, violence and law. This book brings together leading scholars in a variety of disciplines to assess Derrida's importance for and impact upon legal studies.
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Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: A Philosophy of Legal Enigmas; P. Goodrich, F. Hoffman, M. Rosenfeld & C. Vismann PART I: THEORIES The Reader: Derrida Among the Philosophers; S. Critchley European introduction: Four Objections; D. Kennedy The Archive and the Beginning of Law; C. Vismann The Jurisprudence of the 'Force of Law'; P. Gehring Derrida's Ethical Turn: The Case of Terrorism; M. Rosenfeld Derrida and Foucault on Sovereignty; F. Balke PART II: DISCIPLINES Critical Intimacies: International Law; A. Orford 'Il n'y a pas de hors-texte': Intimations of Jacques Derrida as Comparatist-at-Law; P. Legrand Specters and Scholars: Derrida and the Tragedy of Political Thought; A. Thurschwell Between Forgiveness and Forgetting; P. Krapp Phantom and Justice; E. Weber Deadlines: Derrida and Critical Legal Scholarship; F. Hoffman Literature, Poetics, Law; A. Geary PART III: ENVOI Un Cygne Noir; P. Goodrich Saying Good-Bye; A. Ronell Index
