Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754671329)

What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical, jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by five general terms - thinking, human suffering, legal meaning, time and tragedy - the book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many. It traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: the existence of universal human suffering and how it is that law-doers inflict or tolerate that suffering.

Author: Louis E. Wolcher
ISBN-10: 0754671321
ISBN-13: 9780754671329
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d