Essays on Levinas and Law: A Mosaic Book

Pt. I Genesis

Introduction Desmond Manderson Manderson, Desmond 3

Pt. II Exodus

1 Getting Down to Cases: Can a Levinasian Ethics Generate Norms? Diane Perpich Perpich, Diane 21

2 Levinasian Ethics and the Concept of Law Jonathan Crowe Crowe, Jonathan 39

3 Questions for a Reluctant Jurisprudence of Alterity Nick Smith Smith, Nick 55

4 Productive Ambivalence: Levinasian Subjectivity, Justice, and the Rule of Law Jill Stauffer Stauffer, Jill 76

Pt. III Leviticus

5 Verdict and Sentence: Cover and Levinas on the Robe of Justice Robert Gibbs Gibbs, Robert 95

6 'Current legal maxims in which the word neighbour occurs': Levinas and the Law of Torts Desmond Manderson Manderson, Desmond 111

7 To Judge a Vegetable: Levinasian Ethics and the 'morality of law' Marinos Diamantides Diamantides, Marinos 128

Pt. IV Numbers

8 Subjecthood and Alterity in International Law Sebastien Jodoin Jodoin, Sebastien 147

9 The Lesser Violence Than Murder and the Face-to-Face: 'Illegal' Immigrants Stand Over American Law Marie A. Failinger Failinger, Marie A. 162

10 Negative Witnessing and the Perplexities of Forgiveness: Polish Jewish Contexts After the Shoah Dorota Glowacka Glowacka, Dorota 180

Pt. V Deuteronomy

11 Anarchic Law Simon Critchley Critchley, Simon 203

Response Desmond Manderson Manderson, Desmond 212

12 Exceptional Justice, Violent Proximity Jesse Sims Sims, Jesse 217

13 Rethinking Justice with Levinas Sarah E. Roberts-Cady Roberts-Cady, Sarah E. 240

Bibliography 256

Index 267