The first part of Susan Dianne Brophy's two-part post on law and the settler state, with reference to Marx, Kant, Kelsen, Agamben, and Fanon.
Author: Rob Hunter
Reading Marx on Migration — Chris Szabla
Chris Szabla on Marx and migration, then and now.
Notice of Forthcoming Publication — The Elgar Research Handbook on Law and Marxism
Preliminary information about the forthcoming Research Handbook on Law and Marxism.
Blood, Breastmilk, and Dirt: Silvia Federici and Feminist Materialism in International Law (Part Two) — Miriam Bak McKenna
The second part of Miriam Bak McKenna's two-part post on Federici, Marxist feminism, and social reproduction theory.
Blood, Breastmilk, and Dirt: Silvia Federici and Feminist Materialism in International Law (Part One) — Miriam Bak McKenna
The first part of Miriam Bak McKenna's two-part post on Federici, Marxist feminism, and social reproduction theory.
Elaborating the Material Constitution: A Response to Marco Goldoni — Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter responds to Marco Goldoni, arguing against reductionist interpretations of the material constitution.
Estranged Bedfellows: Why Pashukanis Still Charms Legal Formalists — Igor Shoikhedbrod
Igor Shoikhedbrod on counter-intuitive conceptual affinities between Pashukanis and (certain) legal formalists.
Capitalism, Inequality, and Human Rights — Paul O’Connell
Paul O'Connell's review of Samuel Moyn's Not Enough.
On the Stateless Question: Human Emancipation and the Right to Have Rights (Part Two) — Nicole Landry
The second part of Nicole Landry's two-part post on Marx, Arendt, and emancipation.
On the Stateless Question: Human Emancipation and the Right to Have Rights (Part One) — Nicole Landry
The first part of Nicole Landry's two-part post on Marx, Arendt, and emancipation.
The Labour Contract in Das Kapital: From Simple Illusions to Necessary Appearances (Part Three) — Facundo C. Rocca
The third part of Facundo C. Rocca's three-part post on law in Marx's Capital.
The Labour Contract in Das Kapital: From Simple Illusions to Necessary Appearances (Part Two) — Facundo C. Rocca
The second part of Facundo C. Rocca's three-part post on law in Marx's Capital.
The Labour Contract in Das Kapital: From Simple Illusions to Necessary Appearances (Part One) — Facundo C. Rocca
The first part of Facundo C. Rocca's three-part post on law in Marx's Capital.
Notice of New Publication — Robert Knox’s “Marxist Approaches to International Law” Bibliography
A new publication from Robert Knox.
Getting the Constitutive Power of Law Wrong — Liam McHugh-Russell
Liam McHugh-Russell on the constitutive power of law.
Constitutionalism Against Revolution — Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian on David Brooks and the constitutionalist tradition.
Revolutionary Jurisprudence — Tormod Otter Johansen
Tormod Otter Johansen on Lenin, Pashukanis, Agamben, and revolution.
Crises of Constitutionality — Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter on constitutional crises.
Introduction to the Material Constitution: Traditions and Constitutive Elements — Marco Goldoni
Marco Goldoni responds to Rob Hunter and probes the concept of the material constitution.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part Three) — Stuart Schrader
The third part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part Two) — Stuart Schrader
The second part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part One) — Stuart Schrader
The first part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Law and Primitive Accumulation: Canadian Settler Colonialism — Jasmine Chorley
Jasmine Chorley on law, primitive accumulation, and Canadian settler colonialism.
Human Rights After October — Jessica Whyte
Jessica Whyte on human rights and international legal strategy, from 1917 to the NIEO and beyond.
Engels, Law, and Dialectics — Paul O’Connell
Paul O'Connell on Engels, the dialectic, and law's relative autonomy.
Notice of New Publication — Christopher Tomlins’ “Marxist Legal History”
A new publication from Christopher Tomlins.
“The Loss of Nicos Poulantzas: The Elusive Answer” — A Translation by Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian translates what is likely Poulantzas' final interview.
Constitutionalism: Appearance, Form, and Content — Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter on Marxist and liberal modes of constitutional theory.
A Gramscian Approach to Studying the Judicial Decision-Making Process — Pablo Ciocchini and Stefanie Khoury
Pablo Ciocchini and Stefanie Khoury on Gramsci, the judiciary, and legal adjudication.
Marxism and Human Rights — Paul O’Connell
Paul O'Connell on Marxism and human rights.
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