After Law

Laurent de Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

• Translator’s Note xi Foreword by Avital Ronell xiiiPRELUDE 1§A. Law1: NOMOS 5§1. Isonomia – §2. Thesmos – §3. Rhêtra – §4.Nemô – §5. Philosophy – §6. Order – §7. Polis –§8. Thémis – §9. Phusis – §10. AnomiaINTERLUDE 1 19§B. Chaos.2: DĪNUM 23§11. Hammurabi – §12. Mišarum – §13. Dīnum– §14. Šumma – §15. Prophesy – §16. Šamaš –§17. Kittum – §18. Model – §19. Akālum – §20.UnderstandingINTERLUDE 2 35§C. Code3: IUS 39§21. Rogatio – §22. Ius – §23. Fas – §24. Iura –§25. Nexum – §26. Civitas – §27. Corpus – §28.Iurisprudentia – §29. Institutes – §30. DisruptionINTERLUDE 3 53§D. Case4: LEX 57§31. Leges – §32. Lectio – §33. Cicero – §34.Uinculum – §35. Nomos – §36. Perfectio – §37.Schola – §38. Norm – §39. Morality – §40. SynthesisINTERLUDE 4 71§. E. Being5: FIQH 75§41. Oumma – §42. Sharia – §43. Fiqh – §44.Qiyâs – §45. Shâfî’i – §46. Furû – §47. Taqlîd –§48. Djinn – §49. Tariqâ – §50. DoubtINTERLUDE 5 89§F. Man6: LI 93§51. Confucius – §52. Li – §53. Relation – §54.Ren – §55. Xing – §56. Fa – §57. Shang – §58.Xun – §59. Form – §60. The pear treeINTERLUDE 6 107§G. Sanction7: GIRI 111§61. Ritsuryô – §62. Tang – §63. Shôtoku – §64.Horitsu – §65. Giri – §66. Emotion – §67. On –§68. Assessment – §69. Kyaku – §70. ReiINTERLUDE 7 125§H. Reason8: DHARMA 129§71. Smriti – §72. Sutra – §73. Trivarga – §74.Pramana – §75. Arya – §76. Abjection – §77.Artha – §78. Varna – §79. Manu – §80. AsokaINTERLUDE 8 14§I. Judgement9: MAÂT 147§81. Maât – §82. Ânkh – §83. Isfet – §84.Oasien – §85. Communication – §86. Tomb –§87. Ba – §88. Âdja – §89. Hépou – §90. NeferINTERLUDE 9 159§J. Politics10: AGGADAH 163§91. Torah – §92. Halakha – §93. Justification– §94. Maimonides – §95. Chaim – §96. Beyond– §97. Pluralism – §98. Mishpatim – §99.Aggadah – §100. BetrayalPOSTLUDE 177§K. RightNotes 179Index 207

‘There is little in need of more urgent scrutiny than the sclerotic legal systems of Western law. Tersely, rudely, brilliantly, After Law dares to imagine what has not yet been conceived, a post-juridical era of collapsing, chaotic, sensuous, transhuman, ethical community.’Peter Goodrich, Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, New York‘Laurent de Sutter’s amazingly erudite tour of the major legal traditions explores the concepts, institutions and strategies of the world’s nomophilia – the age-old love of law. After Law is necessary reading for every lawyer, academic and researcher looking for links, comparisons and contrasts in the legal foundations of the world and the indispensable companion for every course in jurisprudence, legal history and comparative law.’Costas Douzinas, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London