Hannah Arendt - Legal Theory and the Eichmann Trial

Summary

This book uses Hannah Arendt’s controversial text Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil to examine major themes in contemporary jurisprudence, including the nature of law, legal authority, the duty of citizens, the nexus between morality and law and political action.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Burdon, Peter (University of Adelaide Burdon, Burdon Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138193604
• ISBN: 978-1-138-19360-4
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Nomikoi: Critical Legal Thinkers
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Jurisprudence & general issues, Political science and theory, Methods, theory and philosophy of law