Introduction : a slight adjustment -- The one and only law -- The law of the break with law : Badiou and legal ethics -- Raving with reason : Kant and the moral law -- A "useful illusion" : H.L.A. Hart and legal positivism -- The Haitian revolution : one law in action -- Conclusion : how lawful is one law?
Summary
A radical critique of contemporary legal practices and understandings based on a new consideration of Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index