Criminals and Enemies (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought)

Key binaries like public/private and speech/conduct are mainstays of the liberal legal system. However, the pairing of criminal/enemy has received little scholarly attention by comparison. Bringing together a group of distinguished and disciplinarily diverse scholars, Criminals and Enemies , the most recent volume in the Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, addresses this gap in the literature. Drawing on political philosophy, legal analysis, and historical research, this essential volume reveals just how central the criminal/enemy distinction is to the structure and practice of contemporary law. The editors' introduction situates criminals and enemies in a theoretical context, focusing on the work of Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt, while other essays consider topics ranging from Germany's denazification project to South Africa's pre- and post-apartheid legal regime to the complicating factors introduced by the war on terror. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Stephen Clingman, Jennifer Daskal, Sara Kendall, Devin Pendas, and Annette Weinke.

Key binaries like public/private and speech/conduct are mainstays of the liberal legal system. However, the pairing of criminal/enemy has received little scholarly attention by comparison. Bringing together a group of distinguished and disciplinarily diverse scholars, Criminals and Enemies, the most recent volume in the Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, addresses this gap in the literature. Drawing on political philosophy, legal analysis, and historical research, this essential volume reveals just how central the criminal/enemy distinction is to the structure and practice of contemporary law.The editors' introduction situates criminals and enemies in a theoretical context, focusing on the work of Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt, while other essays consider topics ranging from Germany's denazification project to South Africa's pre- and post-apartheid legal regime to the complicating factors introduced by the war on terror. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Stephen Clingman, Jennifer Daskal, Sara Kendall, Devin Pendas, and Annette Weinke.

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments An Introduction: Criminal/Enemy Chapter 1. Criminals, Enemies, and the Politics of Transitional Justice Chapter 2. A Case of Schmittian-Marxian Syndrome?: Criminals, Enemies, and Other Foes in Otto Kirchheimer’s Reflections on Nazi Law and Nazi Criminality Chapter 3. “Prisoners Are Prisoners”: Criminals and Enemies in South Africa Chapter 4. The Terrorist Crenemy Chapter 5. Immanent Enemies, Imminent Crimes: Targeted Killing as Humanitarian Sacrifice Contributors Index Back Cover Bringing together a group of distinguished and disciplinarily diverse scholars, Criminals and Enemies draws on political philosophy, legal analysis, and historical research to reveal just how central the criminal/enemy distinction is to the structure and practice of contemporary law.