The meaning and function of law in Hannah Arendt's work has never been the subject of a systematic reconstruction. This book examines Arendt's work and reconstructs her ideas through political, legal, and constitutional theory, and it shows that her engagement with law is continuous, as well as crucial, to an adequate understanding of her political thought. The book argues that Arendt was very much concerned with the question of an adequate arrangement of law, politics, and order - the so-called triad of constitutionalism - and considers suitable forms for the institutionalization of...