The Other Dimension of Law

Authors

Pierre Legendre, University of Paris I (Pantheone-Sorbonne)

Abstract

What kind of a questioning would make it possible for psychoanalysis to become theoretically useful for jurists? How could such a questioning have an effect on the practice of law? In the same measure, is it theoretically plausible for psychoanalysts, attached as they are to their own casuistry, to interrogate the law? What must be recognized from the start, if this questioning is to be more than superficial, is that the intellectual and social dogmas of today are obstacles to the liberty of thought [esprit].

Keywords

Jurisprudence, Religion and the Law, Sovereignty, Government (General), Criminal Law and Procedure

Disciplines

Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Jurisprudence | Law

Recommended Citation

Pierre Legendre, The Other Dimension of Law, 16 Cardozo L. Rev. 943 (1995).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol16/iss3/7