P.279
Analítico de Periódico
HESPANHA, António Manuel
Que espaço deixa ao direito uma ética da pós-modernidade?
Themis, Coimbra, A.8,n.14(2007), p.57-76
DIREITO, MODERNIDADE, ÉTICA
"The following text is an exploring essay on the consequences of the «altruistic» philosophical anthropologies proposed - namely by E. Levinas and Z. Baumann - as alternatives to the individualistic pre-comprehension which has been the core feature of modern legal culture. Although "pratical productivity - dogmatic receipts ready to be enforced by jurisprudence - was not one of their strong assets, their importance as strategic conceptions on the way of dealing with the law - either as discourse or as norm - is central. In a way, what derives from such conceptions is not knowledge on law, but rather a peculiar attitude concerning the way of knowing and acknowledging the law".