The Anarchist Before the Law
law without authority
$62.29
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2026
Summary
The Paradox of Order: An Anarchist’s Guide to the Law
When might an anarchist need a good lawyer? Why do radical activists committed to revolutionary change often have to work within the limits of the law? Can a judge also be an anarchist? This book is an exploration of a paradoxical, yet necessary, encounter between anarchism and the law.
Anarchism offers the most radical critique of the principle of legal authority and, as such, poses essential questions that legal philoso…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399513197 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399513192 |
| Series: | Encounters in Law & Philosophy |
| Author: | Saul Newman, Massimo La Torre |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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Critics Review
The book opens a new page of the philosophical-political debate, deconstructing the traditional antithesis between anarchy and institutions. Interpreted in a radical way, they share a common distance from the sovereign paradigm. As the instituting praxis incorporates an anarchist element, anarchism tends to institute a community free from sovereign commands.
–Roberto Esposito, Scuola Normale Superiore, ItalyAbout The Author
Saul Newman
Saul Newman is Professor in Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research is in continental and poststructuralist political and social theory, and contemporary radical politics. He is the author of:
- From Bakunin to Lacan (2001)
- Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought (2005)
- Unstable Universalities (2007)
- Politics Most Unusual (2008)
- The Politics of Postanarchism (2010)
- Max Stirner (2011)
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