Schreber's Law: Jurisprudence and Judgment in Transition (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities)

Daniel Paul Schreber (1842–1911) was a senior German judge and jurist. He formulated a unique juridical theology of private life and developed a critical account of oikonomia, the practice of governance and administration. But his theoretical work was largely ignored due to his mental illness and his desire to be a woman in a time inhospitable to transitions. Now, __Schreber’s Law__ looks beyond Judge Schreber's mental health to reappraise his distinguished contribution to legal theory. Peter Goodrich evaluates Schreber’s jurisprudence by analysing the __Memoirs__ and his interpreters in detail, and sets his work in the context of both the neo-Kantian pure science of __fin de siècle__ German jurisprudence and 21st-century legal theory. In this way, Goodrich shows how Schreber’s work challenges the legal thought of his era and opens up a potentially vital approach to contemporary jurisprudence. La 4e de couverture indique : "Daniel Paul Schreber (1842-1911) was a senior German judge and jurist. He formulated a unique juridical theology of private life and developed a critical account of oikonomia, the practice of governance and administration. But his theoretical work was largely ignored due to his mental illness and his desire to be a woman in a time inhospitable to transitions. Now, Schreber's Law looks beyond Judge Schreber's mental health to his reappraise his distinguished contribution to legal theory. Peter Goodrich evaluates Schreber's jurisprudence by analysing his Memoirs of my Nervous Illness (1903) and his interpreters in detail, and sets his work in the context of both the neo-Kantian pure science of fin de siècle German jurisprudence and 21st-century legal theory. In this way, Goodrich shows how Schreber's work challenges the legal thought of his era and opens up a potentially vital approach to contemporary jurisprudence." Schreber’s Law Copyright Contents Illustrations Preface and Credits Introduction: On the Case 1 Miscarriages of Transmission: Body, Text and Method 2 Silencing Schreber: Freud, Lacan, Rejection and Foreclosure 3 Morbus Juridicus: Crisis and Critique of Law 4 The Impure Theory of Law: The Metaphysics of Play-With-Human-Beings 5 The Judge’s New Body: Am I That (Woman)? Conclusion: Laughing in the Void Bibliography Index Peter Goodrich looks beyond Judge Schreber's mental health to evaluate his jurisprudential theory. Goodrich analyses Schreber's 'Memoirs', interpreters and intellectual context to show how Schreber challenges the legal thought of his era and opens up a potentially vital approach to contemporary jurisprudence The first scholarly comparative analysis of Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze's philosophies of difference