The Wrong of Law

This book combines metaphysics, aspects of modern logic, and legal theory in order to conceptualise a wrong in law's claim of right.

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Valerie Kerruish (1943-2022) was a Tutor, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia from 1965-1992, and an Associate Professor at Macquarie University from 1993-1999. She then convened the Centre for Legal Theory at the Altonaer Stiftung fr philosophische Grundlagenforschung, in Hamburg.

Uwe Petersen is an independent scholar in metaphysics and logic, who has been working with Valerie Kerruish for more than twenty five years.

Inhalt

Part A. Metaphysical Studies: The Objectivity of Illusion Preface 1. Hegel's Idea of Thought's Logical Foundation 2. Commodity Fetishism: Marx's Dialectic of Content and Form Part B. Logical Impressions Preface: That Other Paradise 3. Foundational Matters 4. Theory, Technique, Practice Part C. The Wrong of Law Entr'acte: Prefatory Supplements 5. At the Court of the Strange God: Case Study with a Fancy 6. The Form of Law and the Force of Form 7. The Genius of Form