Critique of Rights. Christoph Menke

      

CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Front Matter

      3  Marx’s Puzzle Notes

      4  Part I History: The Legalization of the Natural Notes 1 A Philosophical History of Right’s Form The Reversal of Primacy A New Form of Government: “Modern Roman Law” Excursus: The Politics and History of Civil Law (Weinrib) From Athens to London Notes 2 Interest in Self-Preservation From Share to Power Excursus: Ockham’s Defense of Poverty (Villey) Right to the Extra-Juridical Excursus: Rights and Interests (Raz) Notes 3 Inner Choice From Paideia to Sovereignty Permitting Freedom Excursus: Legal Choice (Kant) Notes 4 Antagonism of Performance Excursus: The “Formal” and the “Material” Side (Ihering) Notes

      5  Part II Ontology: The Materialism of Form Notes 5 Legality’s Gap Excursus: The Rule of Law (Neumann) Distinction and Self-Reference Gap, Violence, Exception Self-Reflection Excursus: Sovereignty or Play (Agamben) Excursus: Reflection and Ritual. When is Modernity? (Douglas, Turner) Notes 6 Materialization The Naturalization of the World The Materialism of Form Excursus: The Justice of Self-Reflection (Teubner) The Basis of Rights Excursus: The Biopolitical Context (Agamben) Notes 7 The Critique of Rights Notes

      6  Part III Critique: The Authorization of One’s Own Notes 8 Authorization The Political Character of Private Rights Excursus: The Political Presupposition of Private Law (Savigny) The Ability to Exercise Discretion Notes 9 Self-Will Excursus: The “Given” – Juridical Empiricism (Kelsen, Schmitt) Property Before Property Capacity Notes 10 The Privatization of the Public: Two Examples Claiming One’s Own Excursus: Taking Legal Action as the “Result” of the Legal Claim (Windscheid) The Declaration of Basic Rights Excursus: Freedom of Opinion, for Example (Spinoza, Habermas) The Government of Subjects Notes 11 Conclusion: The Bourgeois Subject – Loss of Negativity Excursus: The Pathology of Rights: Critique of Liberalism (Dworkin) Foucault’s Diagnosis: The Regression of the Juridical Notes 12 Subjective Rights and Social Domination: An Outline Private Law and Capitalism Excursus: Realization of Freedom as “Increase of Coercion” (Weber) Social Law and Normalization Bourgeois Domination: A Tableau The