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1.10.12

Hannah Arendt and the Law

Acaba de publicarse este excelente libro titulado "Hannah Arendt and the Law" (Hart, 2012), editado por Marco Goldoni, profesor de Teoría del Derecho en la Universidad de Glasgow y Christopher McCorkindale.

Tiene entre sus escritores al propio Marco Goldoni, al también profesor de Teoría del Derecho, Emilios Christodoulidis (mi supervisor de Ph.D.)  y a Seyla Benhabib, que como saben, hemos reseñado antes por aquì. El prólogo es de Richard Bernstein.

Muy pronto estaremos de vuelta con algunas entradas sobre el libro. Salud!

Dejo aquí la descripción de la editorial:

This book fills a major gap in the ever-increasing secondary literature on Hannah Arendt's political thought by providing a dedicated and coherent treatment of the many, various and interesting things which Arendt had to say about law. Often obscured by more pressing or more controversial aspects of her work, Arendt nonetheless had interesting insights into Greek and Roman concepts of law, human rights, constitutional design, legislation, sovereignty, international tribunals, judicial review and much more. This book retrieves these aspects of her legal philosophy for the attention of both Arendt scholars and lawyers alike. The book brings together lawyers as well as Arendt scholars drawn from a range of disciplines (philosophy, political science, international relations), who have engaged in an internal debate the dynamism of which is captured in print. Following the editors' introduction, the book is split into four Parts: Part I explores the concept of law in Arendt's thought; Part II explores legal aspects of Arendt's constitutional thought: first locating Arendt in the wider tradition of republican constitutionalism, before turning attention to the role of courts and the role of parliament in her constitutional design. In Part III Arendt's thought on international law is explored from a variety of perspectives, covering international institutions and international criminal law, as well as the theoretical foundations of international law. Part IV debates the foundations, content and meaning of Arendt's famous and influential claim that the 'right to have rights' is the one true human right.