
Drawing upon and extending the theoretical insights of Deleuze, Foucault and Agamben, this volume considers the concept of life as it operates in law, politics and contemporary culture. It focuses on key legal cases (such as the Terri Schiavo case in the US), political events...

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Law and Deleuze: Forensic Futures; R.Braidotti, C.Colebrook & P.Hanafin Legal Theory After Deleuze; C.Colebrook The Time of Law: Evolution in Holmes and Bergson; A.Lefebvre Rights of Passage: Law and the Biopolitics of Dying;...