- Summary
- Hannah Arendt is one of the great outsiders of twentieth-century political philosophy. After reporting on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, Arendt embarked on a series of reflections about how to make judgments and exercise responsibility without recourse to existing law, especially when existing law is judged as immoral. This book uses Hannah Arendt's text Eichmann in Jerusalem to examine major themes in legal theory, including the nature of law, legal authority, the duty of citizens, the nexus between morality and law and political action.-- Provided by Publisher.
- Series
- Nomikoi critical legal thinkers
Nomikoi.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Burdon, Peter, author.
- Published
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018
- Locale
- Jerusalem
- Contents
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Introduction: Eichmann fires
House of judgment
Gray zone : Kapo trials
Accused
From expulsion to extermination
Wannsee : the enabling conference
Duties of a law-abiding citizen
Deportation chapters
Did Eichmann receive a fair trial?
Judgment
Reading Eichmann today
Last Nazi trials and forgiveness.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Eichmann fires -- House of judgment -- Gray zone : Kapo trials -- Accused -- From expulsion to extermination -- Wannsee : the enabling conference -- Duties of a law-abiding citizen -- Deportation chapters -- Did Eichmann receive a fair trial? -- Judgment -- Reading Eichmann today -- Last Nazi trials and forgiveness.
