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Homo Sanctus and the Countersovereignty of Sanctuary: Agamben, Roman Law, Democratic Resistance

Law, Culture and the Humanities

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Abstract

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This article attempts to articulate a theory of sovereign power that reveals, yet compensates for, certain shortcomings in Agamben’shomo sacerparadigm. Taking issue with the textual basis and normative implications of his notion of “sacred/bare life,” I ...