Bücher der Reihe Recht und Philosophie

»Dispotions und Ethical Life in Hegel¿s Philosophy of Right«: Is a community completely free from the subjective dispositions of its citizens possible? Is the state a community of security, and if so, is it a community of interests in which individual freedom is still possible? Must we go beyond this conception of the mechanical state and give dispositions a fundamental status again? Hegel shows us that there is a complex and subtle relationship between disposition and community, a relationship which, when dissected, allows us to understand more deeply the dilemmas of modern philosophy of right and the path that Hegel shows us.

»The Dual Penal State«: The work addresses one of today's most pressing social and political issues: the rampant, at best haphazard, and ever-expanding use of penal power by states ostensibly committed to the enlightenment-based legal-political project of Western liberal democracy. At bottom, this crisis of modern penality is a crisis of the liberal project itself; the penal paradox is merely the sharpest formulation of the general paradox of power in a liberal state: the legitimacy of state sovereignty in the name of personal autonomy.

»200 Years of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: An Interdisciplinary Debate«: Hegel's »Elements of the Philosophy of Right« is one of the most influential philosophical treatises ever written. Published 200 years ago, the »Philosophy of Right« still has the capacity to launch and enrich systematic debates in the fields of action theory, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of law and legal theory. This volume, to which prominent philosophers and legal scholars have contributed, illuminates both the history of the reception of the »Philosophy of Right« and the topicality of the ideas Hegel developed in his work.