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2、concerninlegalstudies,itisnowtherelationshipbetweenlawandlifethatisbecomingcrucial.Thewaninglegitimacyofconventionalconceptionsofsovereigntyissignalledintherenewalofaversionofnaturallaw,evidentindiscoursesofhumanrights,thatde-emphasisestheroleofadivinelawgiverinfavourofanAristotelianconcept
3、ionofthenaturalpur-poseoflifeandthe‘commongood’.Synthesisingelementsoflegalscholar-shiponsovereignty,theoriesofbiopoliticsandbiopower,aswellasrecentdevelopmentsinthedomainsofethics,AmySwiffenexaminestheinvocationof‘life’asafoundationforlegalauthority.Thebookdocumentsthecon-nectionbetweenlaw,
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5、ocialtheory,bioethics,psychoanalysisandbiopolitics.AmySwiffenisanAssistantProfessorofLawandSocietyintheDepartmentofSociologyandAnthropologyatConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,Canada.HerresearchisfocusedonnewlegalcontextsandhasbeenpublishedinaDownloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at08:1429November2012wid
6、evarietyofacademicandprofessionaljournals.Downloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at08:1429November2012Law,EthicsandtheBiopoliticalAmySwiffenDownloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at08:1429November2012Firstpublished2011byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandC
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