Douzinas, Costas (2006) Theses on law, history and time. Melbourne Journal of International Law 7 (1), pp. 13-27.
Abstract
This essay offers eight theses in the style of Walter Benjamin’s ‘Theses on the Philosophy of History’. Law constructs time as linear, turns history into legal procedure and uses it to create the authorised record of the past, to legitimise the present and prevent radical change in the future. Heidegger’s ontological and Benjamin’s messianic conceptions of time can be used to undermine dominant legal temporality. But only a return to Athens and politics promises resistance and reconciliation.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2018 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/25253 |
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