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Book SynopsisThe first work to introduce Foucault's ideas on law
Trade Review'An inspirational work that will change the way we think about the legal order' -- Professor Pat O'Malley, La Trobe University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface
PART 1: Michel Foucault: An Introduction
1. An introduction to Foucault
I Meeting Foucault; II Foucault's Themes and Projects; II.1 Conditions of Possibility; II.2 Discourse, Discursive Formation and Episteme; II.3 Truth and Knowledge; II.4 Knowledge and Power; II.5 Power; II.6 The Problem of State Power; II.7 Discipline; II.8 The Problem of Disciplinary Society; II.9 From Discipline to Self-Discipline: From Power to Ethics; II.10 Government and Govermentality; II.11 Strategies, Programmes, Policies and Tactics; II.12 History, Archaeology and Genealogy III Foucault and Marxism IV Conclusion: The Problem of Modernity
PART 2: Foucault and Law
2. Law and Modernity;
I Introduction ; II Power and Law; III Sovereignty and Right; IV Discipline and Law; V Norms and Normalization; VI Law, Government and Governmentality; VII Foucault's Expulsion of Law; VIII The Destiny of Law
3. Critique of Foucault's Expulsion of Law; I Introduction; II Foucault's Imperative Conception of Law; III Sovereignty and Rights in Monarchical and Liberal States; IV Beyond the Disciplinary Society Conclusion: The Dilemma of Freedom
PART 3: Deploying Foucault for a Sociology of Law as Governance
4. Governance and its Principles;
I Introduction; II A Basic Definition of Governance; III The Four Principles of Governance; IV Conclusion
5. Law as Governance; I Introduction ; II The Four Principles of Law as Governance; III Conclusion
6. Method Principles for the Sociology of Law as Governance;
I Introduction ; II The Four Method Principles of the Sociology of Law as Governance ; III Conclusion
7. Conclusion: The Sociology of Law as Governance at Work ; I Introduction; II The Police as a Topic for the Sociology of Law as Governance
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