TY - JOUR
TI - Evolution and uniqueness. The concept of law according to Emmanuel Lévinas
AU - Nowak, Ewa
TI - Evolution and uniqueness. The concept of law according to Emmanuel Lévinas
AB - 
	This paper explores the tension between ethics and law in the theory of Emmanuel Lévinas. Institutions and ethics have different relations with individuals in their ‘uniqueness’ and ‘legal subjectivity’. After unmasking the ambivalence of positive law, Lévinas issued a robust appeal for laws to be anchored in civic discourse. They should also be orientated towards the pre-original rights of man. In Lévinas’s writings, the notions of justice and the ‘Third’ become increasingly important. The author has followed that evolution and sketched the framework of a sceptical philosophyof law according to Lévinas, irrespective of his apparent predilection for unconditional ethics.
VL - 2015
IS - Volume 61-62
PY - 2016
SN - 0867-5392
C1 - 2084-3887
SP - 55
EP - 88
DO - 10.4467/20843887PI.15.004.5533
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/principia/article/ewolucja-i-osobliwosc-pojecie-prawa-wedlug-emmanuela-levinasa
KW - Lévinas
KW - positive law
KW - ambiguity of law
KW - law versus ethics
KW - the ‘Third’
KW - primacy of justice
KW - responsibility
KW - rights of man