The Faustian Pact in International Law

Edwin Bikundo

The book provides an original and captivating perspective on international law and Giorgio Agamben's work. The manuscript is profoundly aesthetic-textual in its approach, as exemplified in its deft and insightful close readings of drama (Goethe's Faust), prose fiction (Melville's Bartleby and Benito Cereno) and lyric, be it devotional (Laudes Regiae, Handel, 'The Lord is a Man of War') or otherwise (Edwin Starr's 'War', Boy George's 'War Song'). Attentive to language, plot, theme and characterisation, these readings not only read the texts in question, but they also read them anew, yielding fresh, innovative, and unique cultural legal interpretations.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 - ‘Behold, I tell you a mystery’: Tracing Faust’s Influences on Giorgio Agamben to and from International Law
pp 11-32
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2 - Reading Faust into International Criminal Law’s Metaphorical References to the Devil
pp 33-58
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3 - What is Real about Experimental Norms? Thinking with Giorgio Agamben about Medical Trials
pp 59-71
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4 - Carl Schmitt as a Subject and Object of International Criminal Law: Ethical Judgement In Extremis
pp 72-89
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5 - Saving Humanity from Hell: International Criminal Law and Permanent Crisis
pp 90-110
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6 - Artificial Islands, Artificial Highways and Pirates: An East African Perspective on the South China Sea Disputes
pp 111-135
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7 - Follow your Leader – I Prefer Not to: Models for Non-violent Resistance inGiorgio Agamben Via Herman Melville
pp 136-151
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8 - The President’s Two Bodies: A Study in Applied Political Theology
pp 152-157
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9 - People, Politics and Populism in International Criminal Law
pp 158-177
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10 - War! What is it Good For? Law, Violence, the ‘Laudes Regiae’ and Laudatory Reggae
pp 178-190
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Reference
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Acknowledgments
pp vi-vi

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - ‘Behold, I tell you a mystery’: Tracing Faust’s Influences on Giorgio Agamben to and from International Law
pp 11-32

2 - Reading Faust into International Criminal Law’s Metaphorical References to the Devil
pp 33-58

3 - What is Real about Experimental Norms? Thinking with Giorgio Agamben about Medical Trials
pp 59-71

4 - Carl Schmitt as a Subject and Object of International Criminal Law: Ethical Judgement In Extremis
pp 72-89

5 - Saving Humanity from Hell: International Criminal Law and Permanent Crisis
pp 90-110

6 - Artificial Islands, Artificial Highways and Pirates: An East African Perspective on the South China Sea Disputes
pp 111-135

7 - Follow your Leader – I Prefer Not to: Models for Non-violent Resistance inGiorgio Agamben Via Herman Melville
pp 136-151

8 - The President’s Two Bodies: A Study in Applied Political Theology
pp 152-157

9 - People, Politics and Populism in International Criminal Law
pp 158-177

10 - War! What is it Good For? Law, Violence, the ‘Laudes Regiae’ and Laudatory Reggae
pp 178-190

Reference
pp 191-209

Index
pp 210-215

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