Law and Irresponsibility : On the Legitimation of Human Suffering
Scott. Veitch
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (168 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The disavowals of legality; Chapter 2 Social structures and the dispersal of responsibilities; Chapter 3 The laws of irresponsibility; Chapter 4 Complicity in organised irresponsibility; Bibliography; Index. - Law is widely assumed to provide contemporary society with its most important means of organizing responsibility. Across a broad range of areas of social life - from the activities of states and citizens, to work, business and private relationships - it is understood that legal regulation plays a crucial role in defining and limiting responsibilities. But Law and Irresponsibility pursues the opposite view: it explores how law organizes irresponsibility. With a particular focus on large-scale harms - including extensive human rights violations, forms of colonialism, and envir
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| ISBN | 0415442508. - 0415442516. - 9780415442503. - 9780415442510
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