In his groundbreaking work, "Democracy and the Rule of Law: Marx's Critique of the Legal Form," Professor Bob Fine explores afresh the relation between jurisprudence, Marx and Marxism.
In the first section, he examines the tradition of modern natural right theory that preceded Marx and informed his writings, demonstrating that jurisprudence is as important as political economy in understanding Marx's work. Here he focuses on the theories of right in Hobbes, Rousseau, Smith and Hegel. In the second section, he reconstructs the critique of classical jurisprudence in the early Marx, how this developed in his political writings, and the connection between the analysis of economic and legal forms in his mature writings. Fine reconstructs the legal forms of right, law and the state based on Marx's analysis of the economic forms of value, money and capital. In the third section, Fine addresses strategic ways in which Marx's critique of the legal form has been received in contemporary social theory: as 'law-from-below' according to the Marxist humanist, Edward Thompson; as 'the withering away of law' according to the bolshevic, Evgeni Pashukanis; and as 'historical anachronism,' according to the post-structuralist, Michel Foucault. Originally published in 1984 as "Democracy and the Rule of Law: Liberal Ideals and Marxist Critiques," this book contains a new preface relating the original text to current political and intellectual debates. It has been brought back into print by The Blackburn Press. "Fine deserves considerable praise for developing a detailed argument which deals with the essence of the problems raised by the nature of law." Prof. Dennis Davis "It will become an instant replacement on reading lists for turgid jurisprudential texts on Marxist theory of law, and deservedly so." Prof. Steve Redhead "Democracy and the Rule of Law: Marx's Critique of the Legal Form" by Bob Fine. ISBN 1-930665-65-2, paperback, 242 pages, $24.95. http://www.blackburnpress.com/demandrulofl.html The Blackburn Press is a relatively new publishing company, founded with the mission of keeping in print and available for purchase at reasonable prices book titles that larger publishers have lost interest in and have declared to be "out of print." It specializes in scientific and technical books that are classics in their field and provides a service to the academic community by bringing back classic books that are out-of-print, making them available again for research, reference and teaching. (See www.blackburnpress.com). For more information, see: http://www.blackburnpress.com/demandrulofl.html or http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930665652/qid%3D1037198754/sr%3D11-1 /ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-2406716-6394327 Andrea Herbert The Blackburn Press Publishers of classic scientific and technical books P.O.Box 287, Caldwell, N.J. 07006 973-228-7077 Fax: 973-228-7276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Explore the latest additions to our list at http://www.BlackburnPress.com
