| Description |
xi, 279 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law ; 3 |
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Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law ; 3
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Melancholia Juridica -- 2. History Becomes the Law: Mourning, Genealogy, and Legal Historiography -- 3. Apology and Antirrhetic: Icon, Idol, Image, and the Forms of Law -- 4. Law Against Images: Antirrhetic and Polemic in Common Law -- 5. Haec Imago: This Mask, This Man, This Law -- 6. Gynaetopia: Feminine Genealogies of Common Law -- 7. Oedipus Lex: Interpretation and the Unconscious of Law -- 8. Conclusion: A Legality of the Contingent |
| Summary |
Oedipus Lex offers an original and evocative reading of legal history and institutional practice in the light of psychoanalysis and aesthetics. Through the exploration of examples from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century common law, Peter Goodrich exposes the social dimensions of the unconscious of law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Psychological aspects -- History.
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Jurisprudence -- Psychological aspects -- History.
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Lawyers -- Psychology -- History.
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| LC no. |
95010026 //r972 |
| ISBN |
0520089901 alkaline paper |
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