What Moves Law?
Author
Editor
- Wouter Werner
- Mareike de Hoon
- Alexis Galan
Summary, in English
In this text, I will attempt to understand the relation between metaphysical assumption and argumentative movement in Martti Koskenniemi’s work. I shall try to elaborate the particular form it takes, and think about the implications of that form along the way.
Koskenniemi rejects the translation of universal justice into the concrete practice of norms and institutions. He works in a radically Pauline tradition of thought. The Pauline tradition explains why he is so popular, while the radical spin explains the scepticism he meets. Karl Barth, the Swiss theologian, once set out an analogy of faith (analogia fidei) as a counterposition to the Catholic analogy of being. It is in hope alone that international lawyers participate in the coming community. Barth thought theology without religion; Koskenniemi thinks redemption without creation.
Koskenniemi rejects the translation of universal justice into the concrete practice of norms and institutions. He works in a radically Pauline tradition of thought. The Pauline tradition explains why he is so popular, while the radical spin explains the scepticism he meets. Karl Barth, the Swiss theologian, once set out an analogy of faith (analogia fidei) as a counterposition to the Catholic analogy of being. It is in hope alone that international lawyers participate in the coming community. Barth thought theology without religion; Koskenniemi thinks redemption without creation.
Department/s
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Pages
20-38
Publication/Series
The Law of International Lawyers. Reading Martti Koskenniemi
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic
- Law
Keywords
- Public international law
- Folkrätt
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781108147620
- ISBN: 9781107193185