Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/tawia_ansah Recent documents in Tawia B Ansah en-us Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:24:12 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/tawia_ansah/2 http://works.bepress.com/tawia_ansah/2 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:16:52 PST The article is at the intersection of law, philosophy, and political theology. I ask: in what sense is Auschwitz "central" to philosophy within late modernity? What does this centrality suggest for juridical thought? The article explores the status of the camp - as "paradigm" and as "nomos" of late modernity - within the work of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, the reasons this status is refused by his legal critics, and the implications of both for late modern legal theory. Tawia B. Ansah Public Law and Legal Theory http://works.bepress.com/tawia_ansah/1 http://works.bepress.com/tawia_ansah/1 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:55:40 PST The article is at the intersection of law, philosophy, and theology. I examine the work of Giorgio Agamben and Alain Badiou on Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Both approach Pauline law formalistically, but with very different ideas about what law is. Whereas Agamben sees continuities, Badiou sees breaks and ruptures, between law and ideas traditionally extrinsic to the realm of the juridical (grace, faith, love, etc.). But both apprehend a political significance of Paul to juridical thought within late modernity (postmodern and post-secular). I analyze their work, therefore, for its relevance to legal theory. Tawia B. Ansah Religion