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Tunisia and the critical legal theory of dissensus
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Wall, Illan Rua (2012) Tunisia and the critical legal theory of dissensus. Law and Critique, Volume 23 (Number 3). pp. 219-236. doi:10.1007/s10978-012-9107-8 ISSN 0957-8536.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10978-012-9107-8
Abstract
Schmitt insists that the sovereign decision is unavoidable, that even an anarchist is caught in the trap of sovereignty when he tries to ‘decide against decision’. This article begins to think about a critical legal vocabulary that might suspend the necessity of the will to constitute, while emphasising the creativity of the constituent moment. The terms inoperativity, dis-enclosure and dissensus are developed and deployed in order to think about certain aspects of the Tunisian revolution. In particular, the article focuses upon the refusal of the state of the situation, the subtraction of loyalty and the insistence of a form of life beyond Ben Ali’s sovereign order.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Law and Critique | ||||
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | ||||
ISSN: | 0957-8536 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 23 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 219-236 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10978-012-9107-8 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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