177 Pages
by
Routledge
177 Pages
by
Routledge
177 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book advocates, and develops, a critical account of the relationship between law and the largely neglected issue of ‘enjoyment’. Taking popular culture seriously – as a lived and meaningful basis for a wider understanding of law, beyond the strictures of legal institutions and professional practices – it takes up a range of case studies from film and literature in order to consider how law... Read more
Introduction 1. Reading the Law with Lacan 2. Law’s Forced Choice (to Enjoy) 3. Law and Contingency 4. Capitalist Subjectivity and the Wissenschaft of Jurisprudence 5. The Master and Knowledge after Nihilism 6. Enjoyment and Restorative Justice 7. Law, Transgression, and The Cares of a Family Man 8. Coraline, or, l’envers de la loi 9. Psyche and Authority 10. The Legal and Erotic in True Blood 11. Power and Jouissance in The City & The City 12. Contract and Conflict in Eve Online Conclusion
Biography
Daniel Hourigan is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
