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Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering

What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this. Start by marking Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law, Justice and Human Suffering. by. Louis E. Wolcher. What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice.

Veitch and Wolcher have inquired into legal responsibility for suffering.

To pretend otherwise is not only bad philosophy – it also amounts to a rank apology for whatever forms of state violence legal actors and philosophers happen to receive as unproblematic at their particular stage of historical becoming. Veitch and Wolcher have inquired into legal responsibility for suffering.

On the way to this achievement, Wolcher performs a difficult dual task

We have just been given the single most important contribution to the philosophy of law in our (globalized and universally technological) time. On the way to this achievement, Wolcher performs a difficult dual task. On the one hand, he presents us with a phenomenology of human suffering that culminates in what he calls "ethical distress" - a clear sight of the universality and profound tragedy of human suffering, unmitigated by any veiling notions of the division of suffering into "deserved" and "undeserved" suffering.

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Law's Task reminds us of the centrality of this insight and shows that despite the attempt to obscure its importance it retains fully its relevance and force. This book proves Wolcher to be the most important, imaginative and critical American legal philosopher. Costas Douzinas, Birkbeck College, UK. Instructors. We provide complimentary e-inspection copies of primary textbooks to instructors considering our books for course adoption. Request an e-inspection copy. Recommend to Librarian.

What is the law of the law? What produces our craven subservience to linguistic norms, and our shocking indifference .

What is the law of the law? What produces our craven subservience to linguistic norms, and our shocking indifference to the phenomenon of universal suffering? In a path-breaking new work of philosophy, Louis Wolcher seeks to answer these questions from the standpoint of Zen Buddhism

Personal Name: Wolcher, Louis . Applied legal philosophy. Suffering and ethical distress The problem of legal meaning The limits of reason in legal interpretation The times of law and religion The tragedy of law and justice.

Personal Name: Wolcher, Louis E. Publication, Distribution, et. Burlington, V. Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Formatted Contents Note: A summary of themes The guiding question Suffering and ethical distress The problem of legal meaning The limits of reason in legal interpretation The times of law and religion The tragedy of law and justice. Rubrics: Law Philosophy Justice Methodology Law and ethics Interpretation and construction Suffering. Download now Law's task : the tragic circle of law, justice, and human suffering by Louis E. Download PDF book format.

By: Wolcher, Louis E, Professor. Publisher: Routledge. Print ISBN: 9780754671329, 0754671321. The world’s eTextbook reader for students. VitalSource is the leading provider of online textbooks and course materials. More than 15 million users have used our Bookshelf platform over the past year to improve their learning experience and outcomes.