The Politics of Revolt: On Benjamin and Critique of Law

Law and Critique

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-118

  Hirvonen, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benjamin; Democracy; Legal violence; Modern law; Radical politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959247738     PISSN: 09578536     EISSN: 15728617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10978-011-9084-3     Document Type: Article

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