276 Pages
by
Routledge
Justice begins in the fragments. While the legal system excels at classification and resolution, it often fails at recognition. Written from the bench by an Irish High Court judge, this book challenges the administrative sublime of modern bureaucracy, which sees persons too often converted into risk scores and bullet points.
Blending lived judicial experience with queer theory, literature,... Read more
Part 1: North by Northwest 1. On Judgement and the Refusal to Disappear 2. The Person, Not the Profile 3. To Be Seen No Longer 4. The Moral Core of Judgment Part 2: North and South 5. Orientation and the Trace of Judgement Part 3: South to East 6. Moral Motion and the Purpose of Law 7. Locke, Presence, and the Ethics of Judgment 8. The Limits of Law: On Judgment, Misrecognition, and the Refusal to Vanis… 9. What Am I For? Judgment and the Moral Architecture of Law Part 4: Back to Dublin
10. Judging in the Key of Erasure 11. The Oath of Courage 12. Conclusion: A Jurisprudence of Attention
Biography
Max Barrett, Judge on the High Court of Ireland.
