Papers by Florian F Hoffmann
Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2020
The paper contrasts two complementary ways of conceptualising death in the context of the ongoing... more The paper contrasts two complementary ways of conceptualising death in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, notably death-in-the-plural, which involves death as an objective and collective...
Global Governance, 2005
In recent years, the UN has assumed a widening scope of responsibilities and has gradually been t... more In recent years, the UN has assumed a widening scope of responsibilities and has gradually been transformed from an intergovernmental organization to a global governance mechanism with an ever greater direct impact on individuals. This entails that the UN is also, in ...
Human Rights Quarterly, 2003
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting American Society of International Law, 2008
German Law Journal, 2003
“If we have seen further than others, it is, if anything, because we stand on the shoulders of gi... more “If we have seen further than others, it is, if anything, because we stand on the shoulders of giants.” This favorite saying of the great German constitutionalist Peter Häberle at once expresses his modest personality, as well as what is, perhaps, the core insight of his ...
German Law Journal, 2006
As the last straw, 1 a question: where does it (From Apology to Utopia) lead us to, what are we t... more As the last straw, 1 a question: where does it (From Apology to Utopia) lead us to, what are we to make of and with it (international law)? The author himself hints at an answer in the very last sentence of the Epilogue, which marks the difference between the original and ...
German Law Journal, 2005
... on JD's work, this epilogue hopes to raise not to answer (!)- the question of what ... more ... on JD's work, this epilogue hopes to raise not to answer (!)- the question of what the epilogue of Jacques Derrida is or will ... 2 One of his starting points in this reflection was, of course, Walter Benjamin's distinction between surviving (überleben) and living on (fortleben), and his ...
Texas International Law Journal, Jun 1, 2006
... RTS. Q. 932 (2004); Anthea Roberts, Righting Wrongs or Wronging Rights? The United States and... more ... RTS. Q. 932 (2004); Anthea Roberts, Righting Wrongs or Wronging Rights? The United States and Human Rights Post-September 11, 15 EUR. J. Int'L L. 721 (2004); Frédéric Mégret, Justice in Times of Violence, 14 EUR. J. Int'l L. 327 (2003). 403 Page 2. ...
Amongst the last generation of continental philosophers Derrida stands out as the most jurisprude... more Amongst the last generation of continental philosophers Derrida stands out as the most jurisprudential of thinkers. His early work on literary texts was already focused on laws of genre, on being before the law, and upon the legality of speech acts. His later work on the ...
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2008
German Law Journal, 2005
On the 8th of October 2004, Jacques Derrida died. By all accounts, whether sympathetic or unsympa... more On the 8th of October 2004, Jacques Derrida died. By all accounts, whether sympathetic or unsympathetic to the philosopher, and understanding or not of his work, Derrida had, by the time of his death, gained the status of one of the most influential thinkers of the second half ...
International Legal Positivism in a Post-Modern World, 2014
International Law and its Others, 2006
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Papers by Florian F Hoffmann