Law and violence Christoph Menke in dialogue [Hardcover]

Christoph Menke is a third-generation Frankfurt School theorist, and widely acknowledged as one of the most interesting philosophers in Germany today. His lead essay focuses on the fundamental question for legal and political philosophy: the relationship between law and violence. The first part of the essay shows why and in what precise sense the law is irreducibly violent; the second part establishes the possibility of the law becoming self-reflectively aware of its own violence. The volume contains responses by Mar?a del Rosario Acosta L?pez, Daniel Loick, Alessandro Ferrara, Ben Morgan, Andreas Fischer-Lescano and Alexander Garc?a D?ttmann. It concludes with Menke's reply to his critics.
Part I: Lead essay

1 Law and violence - Christoph Menke

Part II: Responses

2 Between law and violence: towards a re-thinking of legal justice in transitional justice contexts -
Mar?a del Rosario Acosta L?pez

3 Law without violence - Daniel Loick

4 Deconstructing the deconstruction of the law: reflections on Menke's 'Law and violence' -
Alessandro Ferrara


5 Law in action: Ian McEwan's The Children Act and the limits of the legal practices in Menke's 'Law and violence' - Ben Morgan

6 Postmodern legal theory as critical theory - Andreas Fischer-Lescano

7 Self-reflection - Alexander Garc?a D?ttmann

Part III: Reply

8 A reply to my critics - Christoph Menke

Christoph Menkeis Professor of Philosophy at Goethe University, Frankfurt