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Law, Text, Terror
Ian Ward
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Description for Law, Text, Terror
paperback. Ian Ward places contemporary political and jurisprudential responses to terrorism within a broader literary, cultural and historical context. Series: Law in Context. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JPWL; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
The relationship between law and terrorism has re-emerged recently as a pressing issue in contemporary jurisprudence. Terrorism appears to take law to its limit, whilst the demands of counter-terrorism hold the cause of justice in contempt. At this point the case for engaging alternative intellectual approaches and resources is compelling. Ian Ward argues that through a closer appreciation of the ethical and aesthetical dimensions of terror, as well as the historical, political and cultural, we can better comprehend modern expressions and experiences of terrorism. For this reason, alongside juristic responses to modern expressions of terrorism, Law, Text, Terror examines a ... Read more
The relationship between law and terrorism has re-emerged recently as a pressing issue in contemporary jurisprudence. Terrorism appears to take law to its limit, whilst the demands of counter-terrorism hold the cause of justice in contempt. At this point the case for engaging alternative intellectual approaches and resources is compelling. Ian Ward argues that through a closer appreciation of the ethical and aesthetical dimensions of terror, as well as the historical, political and cultural, we can better comprehend modern expressions and experiences of terrorism. For this reason, alongside juristic responses to modern expressions of terrorism, Law, Text, Terror examines a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Law in Context
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521740210
SKU
V9780521740210
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99-24
About Ian Ward
Ian Ward is Professor of Law at Newcastle University. He has written extensively in the associated areas of public law, legal theory and international order, and has held visiting positions at universities in Canada, the US, France, Italy and Finland.
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