A Gateway Between a Distant God and a Cruel World : The Contribution of Jewish German-Speaking Scholars to International Law

Reut Yael Paz

ISBN 10: 900422873X / ISBN 13: 9789004228733

Published by Brill Okt 2012, 2012

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Neuware - Through a collective biographical methodology of four scholars (Hans Kelsen, Hans J. Morgenthau, Hersch Lauterpacht and Erich Kaufmann) this book investigates how Jewish identity and intellectual ties to Judaic civilisation in the German speaking and legal context influenced international law. By using biblical constitutive metaphors, it argues that Jewish German lawyers inherited, inter alia, a particular Jewish legal approach that 'made' their understanding of the law as a means to reach God. The overarching argument is that because of their Jewish heritage, Jewish scholars inherited the endorsement of earthly particularism for the sake of universalism and the other way around: for the sake of universalism, humanity's differences need to be solved through the law.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Gateway Between a Distant God and a Cruel World : The Contribution of Jewish German-Speaking Scholars to International Law
• Publisher: Brill Okt 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900422873X
• ISBN 13: 9789004228733
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 239W x 155H x 25D millimeters 239 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 748 grams

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Synopsis

Through a collective biographical methodology of four scholars (Hans Kelsen, Hans J. Morgenthau, Hersch Lauterpacht and Erich Kaufmann) this book investigates how Jewish identity and intellectual ties to Judaic civilisation in the German speaking and legal context influenced international law. By using biblical constitutive metaphors, it argues that Jewish German lawyers inherited, inter alia, a particular Jewish legal approach that ‘made’ their understanding of the law as a means to reach God. The overarching argument is that because of their Jewish heritage, Jewish scholars inherited the endorsement of earthly particularism for the sake of universalism and the other way around: for the sake of universalism, humanity’s differences need to be solved through the law.

About the Author

Reut Yael Paz, Ph.D. (2009) in international law/politics. Paz has conducted her research on the ‘Jewish question’ within the international legal framework at the University of Helsinki, Bar Ilan University (Israel) and at the Humboldt University in Berlin.