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Synopsis
This short and accessible book provides a provocative re-assessment of the various tangled relationships between law and politics and in so doing examines legal and political thinking on such critical areas as justice, the state, constitutionalism and rights. It introduces lawyers to certain important themes in some of the key texts in political thought and introduces political scientists to the legal dimensions of a number of central themes of political studies. Written by one of the leading theorists in constitutional law, the book should prove to be and indispensable companion for any student or teacher interested in law and politics.
Booknews
Despite the fact that the issue of law's relationship to politics has itself become politicized, Loughlin (law, U. of Manchester) explores the underpinnings of these at times competing concepts as a study in the history of the discourse of ideas regarding justice, the State, and constitutionalism. In conclusion, the author weighs the provocative question of whether law will displace politics, in the framework of current trends in thinking about structures of government. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)