Law in the Time of Oxymora: A Synaesthesia of Language, Logic and Law

ISBN-13: 9780815346692 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 268 str.

Rostam J. Neuwirth

Opis

Law in the Time of Oxymora is dedicated to the apparent rise in recent years in rhetorical devices called "essentially oxymoronic concepts". These concepts include oxymora, contradictions in terms (enantiosis), and paradoxes, which all share the feature of apparent contradictions in their content albeit to varying degrees. In trying to understand the relevance of the rise of these concepts for our lives today and tomorrow, the book tracks and compares them in the different contexts of art, science, and particularly law with a view to deriving important insights into the realms of decision making and governance in the future.

Spis treści

1. Prologue: The Quest for Light;  2. Introduction;  3. From Essentially Contested to Oxymoronic Concepts;  4. Essentially Oxymoronic Concepts in Art and Science;  5. Oxymora in the Law;  6. Change of Language or Language of Change?;  7. Law in the Time of Oxymora: Just Injustice?;  8. Cognition: Mind the Change or Change the Mind?;  9. Law for the Time of Oxymora: Mnemonic Law;  10. Concluding Remarks;  11. Epilogue: A New Era of Light;