Re-reading Foucault: On Law Power and Rights is the first collection in English fully to address the relevance of Michel Foucaultâs thought for law. Foucault is the best known and most cited of the late twentieth-centuryâs âtheoryâ academics. His work continues to animate a range of different critical work across intellectual disciplines in the arts humanities and social sciences. There has however been relatively little examination of the legal implications and applications of Foucaultâs work. This book fills that gap providing an in-depth analysis of Foucaultâs thought as it pertains to a range of different legal themes such as: the opposition between âlawâ and âthe juridicalâ; the problem of moral and legal judgment; the historical basis of rights; and the political dimensions (and limitations) of contemporary human rights discourse. Including contributions from acknowledged experts on Foucaultâs work as well as pieces by younger scholars Re-reading Foucault: On Law Power and Rights will be of considerable interest across a range of disciplines including law philosophy political theory sociology social theory and criminology. . Language: English