Vico and the social theory of law : the structure of legal communication /

This creative text is the result of a scholarly struggle with the meaning over the context of a social theory of law. It examines the philosophical, sociological and jurisprudential aspects of Gambattista Vico's theory of law. Particularly his philosophical confrontation and engagement with imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brienza, Paul A. (Author)
Other Authors: Mazzotta, Giuseppe, 1942- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Vico, Giambattista, > 1668-1744.
Vico, Giambattista, > 1668-1744
Vico, Giambattista > 1668-1744
Law > Philosophy.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
Sociologie juridique.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
Law > Philosophy
Sociological jurisprudence
Sociology > Philosophy
Rechtsphilosophie
Rechtssoziologie
Sozialphilosophie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Paradox and origin : on the structure of legal communication
  • History, law and hermeneutic self-reference
  • Self-mastery and the conversion of force : an ethics of freedom
  • The social metaphysics of law : Vico's communicative body and the paradoxical grounding of freedom and authority
  • The creative formation and foundation of society's law : on the nature of poetic wisdom
  • Between freedom and authority : Vico's history of Roman law
  • The technique of command : on the problem of freedom in Weber's sociology of law.

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