Law's interior : legal and literary constructions of the self

Law's interior : legal and literary constructions of the self / Kevin M. Crotty.

Author/creator	Crotty, Kevin, 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Description	ix, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Law--Philosophy. Personality (Law) Autonomy (Psychology) Liberty. Individualism--Social aspects.

Contents	The quest for autonomy : modern jurisprudence and the oresteia -- Autonomy as an aspiration -- The oresteia and the drama of autonomy -- Law and the politics of recognition -- On law and literature -- Dilemmas of the self : law and confession -- Confession in law and theory -- Augustine and the confessing self -- The limited state and the intricate self -- Law as practice -- Rationality and imagination in the law : Jürgen Habermas and Wallace Stevens -- The rationality of law -- Stevens on evil -- On rights and the individual -- Law as an "Imagination of the normal".
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	00011828
ISBN	080143856X (cloth : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	K230.C76 A35 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold