Delimiting the Law: 'postmodernism' and the Politics of Law
- ISBN-10
- 0745307698
- ISBN-13
- 9780745307695
- Category
- Critical legal studies
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pluto Press (UK)
- Author
- Margaret Jane Davies
Description
"Most modern legal theorists seek to limit their enquiries to a particular sort of law, on the assumption that law is necessarily restricted in its interactions with other social practices. margaret Davies deliberately - and provocatively - questions the usefulness of such 'positivist' dogmas, asserting that the law can and should be seen as multi-dimensional. Davies argues that the law is everywhere - in metaphysics, the social environment, language and the psyche. In a persuasive meeting of postmodern discourse, deconstruction, feminism and legal theory, Davies creates new ways of thinking about the law by creating links with other practices and disciplines where none previously existed. This is a powerful critique of the ideology and theory of law in the West, providing a much-needed link between conventional legal philosophy and modern movements in legal theory." --From back cover
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