Law and Catastrophe (The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought) - Hardcover

"Law and Catastrophe is an edited collection that explores this inextricable and symbiotic relationship between these two concepts in the short span of five chapters. It presents to the reader a witty and often engaging group of literary essays that dissect various guises of how law and catastrophe interpenetrate." -- Law and Politics Book Review "This cogent work is based on the insight that, even when it proves itself palpably unable to deal with catastrophe, law can yet reassert itself, reproducing the bases of its authority over and over again. Indeed, this very act of reassertion is revealed to be the basis of legal authority itself. This book is a must read for any scholar interested in seeing the performance of law when its veneer of total control and stability have been stripped away." -- James R. Martel "Law and Castastrophe offers a diverse and fascinating set of essays. There has never been a more urgent need for such a work on catastrophe and law." -- Anthony J. Sebok

Law and Catastrophe sketches contours of a relatively fresh-yet crucial-terrain of inquiry. It begins the work of developing a jurisprudence of catastrophe.