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A Global History of Ideas in the Language of Law

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by Gunnar Folke Schuppert
2021
Published by: Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
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This book argues that the narrowing focus of the global history of ideas on narratives in historical research, philosophy and political theory neglects the fact that the central concepts of the history of political ideas are articulated in the language of law. Key figures of the history of ideas, like Kant, Hegel and Weber, engaged deeply with the philosophy and sociology of law. This monograph reveals the significance of the legal semantics of the history of ideas.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title, Copyright

pp. i-iv

Contents

pp. v-xii

Introduction

pp. 1-32

Part One Global History as a Global History of Ideas

pp. 33-43

1 What Sort of Ideas

pp. 44-53

2 Global Intellectual Fields and Global Legal Spaces - What Constitutes an Intellectual Field and a Legal Space?

pp. 54-70

3 The History of Ideas and Knowledge as Entangled History

pp. 71-84

Part Two Three Key Functions of Law and its Language in a Global History of Ideas

pp. 85

1 First and Foremost: The Abstraction and Transformation Functions of Law and its Language

pp. 86-94

2 The Institutionalization Functions of Law: The Language of Law as the Language of Order and Conflict Resolution

pp. 95-102

3 Law as a Sphere of Resonance

pp. 103-122

Part Three Legal Concepts and Legal Regimes in a Global History of Ideas

pp. 123

1 Worldwide Enlightenment and Universal Natural Law

pp. 124-144

2 The Language of International Law as a Language of Politics

pp. 145-175

3 The Language of Human Rights as a Language of Politics

pp. 176-199

4 The Language of the Rule of Law as an Integral Part of the Language of the Political History of Ideas

pp. 200-222

Part Four The Role of Key Legal Concepts in a Global History of Ideas

pp. 223

1 State authority

pp. 224-237

2 Sovereignty

pp. 238-245

3 Constitution

pp. 246-257

4 Contract

pp. 258-268

Concluding Observations and Remarks

pp. 269-276

Bibliography

pp. 277-308

About the Author

pp. 309-310

Backmatter

pp. 311-315

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