2 Reading Faust into International Criminal Law’s Metaphorical References to the Devil

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Introduction: Goethe’s Faust, Giorgio Agamben, and International Law 1
5. 1 ‘Behold, I tell you a mystery’: Tracing Faust’s Influences on Giorgio Agamben to and from International Law 11
6. 2 Reading Faust into International Criminal Law’s Metaphorical References to the Devil 33
7. 3 What is Real about Experimental Norms? Thinking with Giorgio Agamben about Medical Trials 59
8. 4 Carl Schmitt as a Subject and Object of International Criminal Law: Ethical Judgement In Extremis 72
9. 5 Saving Humanity from Hell: International Criminal Law and Permanent Crisis 90
10. 6 Artificial Islands, Artificial Highways and Pirates: An East African Perspective on the South China Sea Disputes 111
11. 7 Follow your Leader – I Prefer Not to: Models for Non-violent Resistance in Giorgio Agamben Via Herman Melville 136
12. 8 The President’s Two Bodies: A Study in Applied Political Theology 152
13. 9 People, Politics and Populism in International Criminal Law 158
14. 10 War! What is it Good For? Law, Violence, the ‘Laudes Regiae’ and Laudatory Reggae 178
15. References 191
16. Index 210