The Sacred and the Law: The Durkheimian Legacy

Inhalt: Werner Gephart / Daniel Witte: The Social, the Sacred and the Cult of Law. Some Introductory Remarks on the Durkheimian Legacy I. In the Realm of Normativity Steven Lukes: Norms as Social Facts Stephen Turner: Durkheim as a Neo-Kantian Philosopher II. Durkheim as a Reader of Legal Studies Jean-Louis Halperin: Durkheim et la culture juridique de son temps Raja Sakrani: Cultures de droit judaique et islamique. Un regard durkheimien III. The Sacred Ground of Private Law Werner Gephart: On the Religious Origins of Private Law. Emile Durkheim, Paul Huvelin, and Emmanuel Levy Laurent de Sutter: Durkheimian Mysteries. Law, Magic and the Sacred in Paul Huvelin and Marcel Mauss Laura R. Ford: Legacies of the Sacred in Private Law. Roman Civic Religion, Property, and Contract IV. The Non-Contractual Elements of Contract Jean-Louis Fabiani: Contract, Context, Social Action Dirk Tanzler: Reading Hobbes with Durkheim. The Ritual Roots of Politics V. The Politics of Law and Religion Daniel Witte: Passing the Torch. From Durkheim’s Statism to Bourdieu’s Critique of the State Jan Christoph Suntrup: Deliberation and the Social Brain . Durkheim’s Theory of Democracy and Political Legitimacy Prakash Shah: Provincializing Durkheim’s Religion Daniel suber: Law from Myth? A study in living law in Serbia VI. In the Realm of Global Normativity Marta Bucholc: Entangled Normativities. Durkheimian Scenarios for Late Modernity Roger Cotterell: Moral Individualism Today. Human Rights and Dignity through a Durkheimian Lens