Hannah Arendt and the Law (Hardcover)

Foreword Richard J Bernstein Introduction Marco Goldoni and Chris McCorkindale PART I: BETWEEN NOMOS AND LEX: THE CONCEPT OF LAW IN HANNAH ARENDT'S POLITICAL THOUGHT 1. Law beyond Command? An Evaluation of Arendt's Understanding of Law Keith Breen 2. Between Freedom and Law: Hannah Arendt on the Promise of Modern Revolution and the Burden of 'The Tradition' Michael A Wilkinson 3. Law and the Space of Appearance in Arendt's Thought Johan van der Walt 4. A Lawless Legacy: Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben Vivian Liska PART II: ON CONSTITUTIONALISM AND INSTITUTIONS 5. Arendt's Constitutional Question Emilios Christodoulidis and Andrew Schaap 6. The Role of the Supreme Court in Arendt's Political Constitution Marco Goldoni and Chris McCorkindale 7. A Constitutional Niche for Civil Disobedience? Reflections on Arendt William Smith 8. The Search for a New Beginning: Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers as Critics of West German Parliamentarism Kari Palonen PART III: BEYOND THE NATION STATE: HANNAH ARENDT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW A. Public International Law 9. Facing the Abyss: International Law Before the Political Florian Hoffmann 10. International Law and Human Plurality in the Shadow of Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt and Raphael Lemkin Seyla Benhabib 11. Power and the Rule of Law in Arendt's Thought Hauke Brunkhorst 12. Hannah Arendt and the Languages of Global Governance Jan Klabbers B. International Criminal Law 13. 'How Dangerous it Can Be to Be Innocent': War and the Law in the Thought of Hannah Arendt Patricia Owens 14. Hannah Arendt's Judgement of Bureaucracy Leora Bilsky 15. Arendt in Jerusalem, Demjanjuk in Munich Lawrence Douglas PART IV: THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS 16. Between Politics and Law: Hannah Arendt and the Subject of Rights Charles Barbour 17. Citizens and Persons: Legal Status and Human Rights in Hannah Arendt James Bohman 18. The Right to Have Rights: From Human Rights to Citizens' Rights and Back Samantha Besson