1st Edition
Law and Irresponsibility On the Legitimation of Human Suffering
Introduction. The Disavowals of Legality. Social Structures and the Dispersal of Responsibilities. The Laws of Irresponsibility. Legalising Global Disaster. Complicity in Organised Irresponsibility. Conclusion
Biography
Scott Veitch
'One of the most important texts in legal theory of the last decade.The public sphere demands that we combine, as effectively as possible, awareness of the inevitability of our limitations with the courage and realism of responsiveness. Veitch has taken us a great deal forward in the right direction. To ignore his work, to fail to build on his insights and warnings, would be to disavow the responsibility of scholarship.' - Maksymilian Del Mar,Global Law Books, July 2008
'[Law and Irresponsibility] is a strong theoretical contribution to the study of law and behavior and stands as a meaningful and innovative contribution to the discipline.' - Kevin M. Wagner, Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 18 No. 10 (October 2008)
'It is powerful, both in its argument and in its prose. It is a clever book, wide-ranging and passionate; a combination of sophisticated analysis and eloquent jeremiad' - Martin Krygier, the Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy
'Law and Irresponsibility is written with engaging energy and passion. Its frequent and vivid examples make it highly readable notwithstanding the abstract nature of its central thesis.' - Nicola Lacey, Social & Legal Studies, 2009; 18
"an important and elegantly written book" - Emmanuel Melissaris, Edinburgh Law Review (2009) Vol 13
