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Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering

Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering

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Series: Applied Legal Philosophy

General Law

ISBN10: 1138253340
ISBN13: 9781138253346
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 27 2017
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical, jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by five general terms - thinking, human suffering, legal meaning, time and tragedy - the book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many. It traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: the existence of universal human suffering and how it is that law-doers inflict or tolerate that suffering.

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