Vico and the Social Theory of Law : The Structure of Legal Communication

This creative text is the result of a scholarly struggle with the meaning over the context of a social theory of law. It examines the philosophical, sociological and jurisprudential aspects of Gambattista Vico's theory of law. It addresses his philosophical confrontation and engagement with important thinkers such as: Hobbes, Leibniz and Spinoza and the configuration of this thought with modern thinkers such as Gadamer and Deleuze. Paradox And Origin : On The Structure Of Legal Communication -- History, Law And Hermeneutic Self-reference -- Self-mastery And The Conversion Of Force : An Ethics Of Freedom -- The Social Metaphysics Of Law : Vico's Communicative Body And The Paradoxical Grounding Of Freedom And Authority -- The Creative Formation And Foundation Of Society's Law : On The Nature Of Poetic Wisdom -- Between Freedom And Authority : Vico's History Of Roman Law -- The Technique Of Command : On The Problem Of Freedom In Weber's Sociology Of Law. Paul A. Brienza ; With A Foreword By Giuseppe Mazzotta. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 327-345) And Index. This creative text is the result of a scholarly struggle with the meaning over the context of a social theory of law. It examines the philosophical, sociological and jurisprudential aspects of Gambattista Vico's theory of law. Particularly his philosophical confrontation and engagement with important thinkers such as: Hobbes, Leibniz and Spinoza and the configuration of this thought with modern thinkers such as Gadamer and Deleuze.