Hannah Arendt is one of the great outsiders of twentieth-century political philosophy. After reporting on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, Arendt embarked on a series of reflections about how to make judgments and exercise responsibility without recourse to existing law, especially when existing law is judged as immoral. This book uses Hannah Arendt’s text Eichmann in Jerusalem to examine major themes in legal theory, including the nature of law, legal authority, the duty of citizens, the nexus between morality and law and political action.
ISBN: | 9780367232269 |
Publication date: | 10th June 2019 |
Author: | Peter (University of Adelaide, Australia) Burdon |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 160 pages |
Series: | Nomikoi: Critical Legal Thinkers |
Genres: |
Western philosophy from c 1800 Methods, theory and philosophy of law Political science and theory |