Law and Critique

Volume 27, issue 2, July 2016

Special Issue : Cruel and Unusual

Issue editors

Amy Swiffen
Joshua Nichols

7 articles in this issue

Introduction: Violence and the Limits of Law

Authors
- Amy Swiffen
- Joshua Nichols
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 05 April 2016
- Pages: 131 - 135
Death as a Penalty and the Fantasy of Instant Death

Authors
- Kelly Oliver
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 05 April 2016
- Pages: 137 - 149
Kant with Freud: Derrida’s Analysis of the Ancient Dream of Self-Punishment

Authors
- Michael Naas
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 08 April 2016
- Pages: 151 - 169
Mastery Over the Time of the Other: The Death Penalty and Life in Prison Without Parole

Authors
- Amy Swiffen
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 05 April 2016
- Pages: 171 - 186
Derrida and the Philosophy of Law and Justice

Authors
- Simon Glendinning
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Open Access
- Published: 18 April 2016
- Pages: 187 - 203
Post-secular Messianism Against the Law: Judith Butler on Walter Benjamin and ‘Sacred Life’

Authors
- Karyn Ball
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 25 April 2016
- Pages: 205 - 227
Avowal and Criminal Accusation

Authors
- George Pavlich
- Content type: OriginalPaper
- Published: 09 April 2016
- Pages: 229 - 245