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OverviewLaw and Aesthetics draws on the work of poets as well as philosophers. Taking as its starting point Shelleys assertion that poets are unacknowledged legislators,the book suggests that there is a way of thinking that, as yet, has not been taken up by those who make use of literary aesthetics to understand law. The book tracks this aesthetic thinking through the failures of critical legal studies and stages an encounter with psychoanalysis, before suggesting that an aesthetics of law can be exhumed from Nietzsches work. The aesthetic is a call to the creative: fashion new law. A review of contemporary legal theory that makes use of aesthetic perspectives suggests that dissident and radical Nietzschean energies continue to animate legal thought. In the final chapter, an aesthetics of law is shown to make for an interruption of legal categories, and the generation of new legal relationships. The book concludes with a further meditation on Shelleys poetry, and a call to continue in the spirit of aesthetic reinvention. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adam GeareyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Hart Publishing Volume: 4 Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.50cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781841132433ISBN 10: 1841132438 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 06 June 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsGearey incites us to 'fashion new law'. In a work as forcefully and thoughtfully argued as this, it is a call which is difficult to resist. Ann Mumford, London School of Economics Journal of Law and Society July 2001 Gearey incites us to 'fashion new law'. In a work as forcefully and thoughtfully argued as this, it is a call which is difficult to resist.Ann Mumford, London School of EconomicsJournal of Law and SocietyJuly 2001 Author InformationAdam Gearey is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck College, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |