Arendt, Agamben and the Issue of Hyper-Legality: In Between the Prisoner-Stateless Nexus

ISBN-13: 9780815381068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 198 str.

Kathleen R. Arnold

Opis

 Examining legal theory, political theory and discussing specific cases to illustrate its claims, this book operates on three levels to expose the degree to which prisoners’ rights have been suspended and how immigrant policy and detention cast foreigners as inherently criminal.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Personhood  2. Is it Better to be a Criminal Than a Stateless Person? Revisiting Arendt’s Famous Comparison  3. Blurring Boundaries  4. Democratic Sacrifice and Heroism in The Context of Tragedy  5. Blurring Paradigms  6. Conclusion: Is it Better to Be a Criminal Than a Stateless Person?  Cases Cited

O autorze

Kathleen R. Arnold teaches political theory and immigration law at DePaul University. Her research interests are in statelessness, homelessness, and immigration.