Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Kantianism, Postmodernism and Critical Legal Thought

  • Book
  • © 1997

Overview

Authors:
  1. Ian Ward

    1. Department of Law, University of Dundee, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 31)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 1-3

  3. Immanuel Kant and the Foundations of Critique

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 4-35

  4. Freedom, Responsibility and Judgment

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 36-56

  5. The Crisis of Judgment

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 57-77

  6. Postmodern Bourgeois Liberalism

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 78-112

  7. Critical Legal Studies and Beyond

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 113-132

  8. Relativism and the Return of the Moral Self

    • Ian Ward
    Pages 133-157

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 158-174
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Kantianism, Postmodernism and Critical Legal Thought presents a challenging alternative theory of legal philosophy. The central thesis of the book suggests an accommodation between three of the most influential contemporary theories of law, Kantianism, postmodernism and critical legal thought. In doing so, it further suggests that the often perceived distance between these theories of law disguises a common intellectual foundation. This foundation lies in the work of Immanuel Kant.
Kantianism, Postmodernism and Critical Legal Thought presents an intellectual history of critical legal thinking, beginning with Kant, and then proceeding through philosphers and legal theorists as diverse as Heidegger and Arendt, Foucault and Derrida, Rorty and Rawls, and Unger and Dworkin. Ultimately, it will be suggested that each of these philosophers is writing within a common intellectual tradition, and that by concentrating on the commonality of this tradition, contemporary legal theory can better appreciate the reconstructive potential of the critical legal project.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Law, University of Dundee, UK

    Ian Ward

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation