Citation

Morgan B. J. Law Soc. 2007; 34(1): 46-64.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-6478.2007.00381.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Giorgio Agamben calls for a ‘playful’ relation to law as a way to counteract its inherent violence. Such a relation would prevent law from functioning as a means to an end, instead treating it as a ‘pure means.’ This article evaluates the significance of Agamben's proposal and of the concept of pure means, arguing that both implicitly draw on a Kantian model of aesthetic experience.