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dc.contributor.authorDe Ville, Jacques
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-18T10:26:37Z
dc.date.available2012-07-18T10:26:37Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationDe Ville, J. 2007. Deconstruction and law: Derrida, Levinas and Cornell. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 25: 23-53en_US
dc.identifier.issn0710-0841
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/383
dc.description.abstractDrucilla Cornell’s book The Philosophy of the Limit has for a long time been an important reference point in attempting to understand the relation between deconstruction and law. This article examines some of the themes discussed by Cornell in this influential book. The article specifically evaluates the translation of Derrida’s thinking into law as argued for by Cornell and concludes from this reading that Cornell to some extent misrepresents and also unnecessarily “tames” Derrida’s thinking. Instead of leading to the radical transformation of law and society, Cornell’s book gives support to an understanding of the relation between law and justice that is unlikely to have this effect. The article expounds a different reading of deconstruction based on a number of Derridean texts and argues that Derrida’s thinking poses a more radical challenge to law than that presented by Cornell.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Windsoren_US
dc.rightsCopyright University of Windsor. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.
dc.subjectDerrida, Jacquesen_US
dc.subjectLevinas, Emmanuelen_US
dc.subjectDeconstructionen_US
dc.subjectJusticeen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectThe otheren_US
dc.subjectMourningen_US
dc.subjectResponsibilityen_US
dc.titleDeconstruction and law: Derrida, Levinas and Cornellen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.inquiriesjdeville@uwc.ac.za
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dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue


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