Genesis

Desmond Manderson ed., Essays on Levinas and Law: A Mosaic (New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) 3-17

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Desmond Manderson

ANU College of Law; ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences; McGill University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: November 29, 2009

Abstract

This chapter forms the introductory essay to a collection of new essays on the relationship between the ethical philosphy of Levinas and the law, with a particular focus on delimiting the range and implications of Levinas' ambitious ethical agenda. Issues of responsibility and hospitality, self and other, ethics and politics, law and justice, are outlined with reference to the implications for law and to their further elaboration in the rest of the essays contained in this collection.

Keywords: Levinas and law, law and ethics, law and politics, responsibility and hospitality, legality, legal philosophy

Suggested Citation

Manderson, Desmond, Genesis (November 29, 2009). Desmond Manderson ed., Essays on Levinas and Law: A Mosaic (New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) 3-17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1515326

Desmond Manderson (Contact Author)

ANU College of Law; ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/manderson-dra

McGill University - Faculty of Law ( email )

Canada

HOME PAGE: http://https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/manderson-dra

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