Author : Louis E. Wolcher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317107268
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Book Synopsis Law's Task by : Louis E. Wolcher
Download or read book Law's Task written by Louis E. Wolcher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the ultimate task of law? This deceptively simple question guides this volume towards a radically original philosophical interpretation of law and justice. Weaving together the philosophical, jurisprudential and ethical problems suggested by five general terms - thinking, human suffering, legal meaning, time and tragedy - the book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many. It traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: the existence of universal human suffering and how it is that law-doers inflict or tolerate that suffering.