30%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm
Jean-Louis Cohen
€ 46.99
€ 33.09
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm
Paperback. Presents an approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have sparked conflict among legislators, jurists, activists, and scholars. Can law stay out of the bedroom without shielding oppression and abuse? This book present a defense of privacy, based on the idea that norms and rights are legally constructed. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
The regulation of intimate relationships has been a key battleground in the culture wars of the past three decades. In this bold and innovative book, Jean Cohen presents a new approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have long sparked conflict among legislators, jurists, activists, and scholars. Disputes have typically arisen over questions that apparently set the demands of personal autonomy, justice, and responsibility against each other. Can law stay out of the bedroom without shielding oppression and abuse? Can we protect the pursuit of personal happiness while requiring people to behave responsibly toward others? Can ... Read more
The regulation of intimate relationships has been a key battleground in the culture wars of the past three decades. In this bold and innovative book, Jean Cohen presents a new approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have long sparked conflict among legislators, jurists, activists, and scholars. Disputes have typically arisen over questions that apparently set the demands of personal autonomy, justice, and responsibility against each other. Can law stay out of the bedroom without shielding oppression and abuse? Can we protect the pursuit of personal happiness while requiring people to behave responsibly toward others? Can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691117898
SKU
V9780691117898
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jean-Louis Cohen
Jean L. Cohenis Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She is a specialist in contemporary political and legal theory with special interests in democratic theory, critical theory, civil society, sovereignty, gender, and law. She is author of "Class and Civil Society: The Limits of Marxian Critical Theory" and coauthor of "Civil Society and Political Theory".
Reviews for Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm
"Cohen challenges each reader to defend his or her own normative account of liberty and equality... By proposing a role for reflexive law outside the realm of technocracy, Cohen offers the possibility that our collective efforts to solve our practical problems can aid in articulating the rights that define the kinds of persons we are."
Michael C. Dorf, Columbia Law Review ... Read more
Michael C. Dorf, Columbia Law Review ... Read more