Tolerated illegality and intolerable legality: from legal philosophy to critique

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dc.contributor.authorPlyley, Kathryn
dc.contributor.supervisorJohnson, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-26T14:24:23Z
dc.date.available2018-04-26T14:24:23Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-04-26
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project uses Michel Foucault’s underdeveloped notion of “tolerated illegality” as a departure point for two converging inquiries. The first analyzes, and then critiques, dominant legal logics and values. This part argues that traditional legal philosophers exhibit a “disagreement without difference,” generally concurring that legal certainty and predictability enhance agency. Subsequently, this section critiques “formal legal” logic by linking it to science envy (specifically the desire for certainty and predictability), and highlighting its agency- limiting effects (e.g. the violence of law en-force-ment). The second part examines multiple dimensions of tolerated illegality, exploring the permutations of this complex socio-legal phenomenon. Here the implications of tolerated illegality are mapped across different domains, ranging from the dispossession of Indigenous peoples of their lands, to the latent ideologies embedded in superhero shows. This section also examines the idea of liberal “tolerance,” as well as the themes of power, domination, politics, bureaucracy, and authority. Ultimately, this project demonstrates that it is illuminating to study legality and (tolerated) illegality in tandem because although analyses of “formal legality” provide helpful analytical texture, the polymorphous and entangled nature of tolerated illegality makes clear just how restricted and artificial strict analyses of legality can be.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9259
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjecttolerated illegalityen_US
dc.subjectlegalityen_US
dc.subjectrule of lawen_US
dc.subjectsocio-legal critiqueen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous resurgenceen_US
dc.subjectpower relationsen_US
dc.subjecttolerationen_US
dc.subjectsuperheroesen_US
dc.subjectlaw and filmen_US
dc.subjectlaw and televisionen_US
dc.subjectcritical legal thoughten_US
dc.subjectMichel Foucaulten_US
dc.subjectLon Fulleren_US
dc.subjectWendy Brownen_US
dc.subjecttoleranceen_US
dc.subjectlegal philosophyen_US
dc.subjectAntigoneen_US
dc.subjectThe Wireen_US
dc.subjectgap studiesen_US
dc.subjectscientism in lawen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous dispossessionen_US
dc.subjectlaw and orderen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_US
dc.subjectlegal certainty and predictabilityen_US
dc.subjectbureaucracyen_US
dc.subjectDaredevilen_US
dc.titleTolerated illegality and intolerable legality: from legal philosophy to critiqueen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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