A critical reading of Leibniz's legal theory, linking law, space and power Critically links Leibniz to legal theory and situates him with respect to thinkers such as Spinoza, Hobbes, Husserl, Deleuze, Foucault and Badiou Builds on the French archaeology of power research programme of Agamben collaborator Gwena lle Aubry Excavates a theory of law and space Provides an account of key tenets of medieval philosophy, such as power, reality, subjective activity, being-in-common, that inform the thought of continental philosophers The concept of power has been a major feature of natural law...

A rigorous reading of Agamben's concept of form-of-life Discusses Agamben's political thought and the question of anarchy Re-evaluates Agamben's thought in light of his later works and the recent completion of the Homo Sacer series Considers Agamben's related works on use, praxis, inoperativity, and destitutio Outlines a theoretical framework through which to think of a non-state and non-legal politics Explores underappreciated influences of Agamben's philosophy The concept of a form-of-life is the centre of gravity around which Agamben has advanced his attempts to think of an alternative...