Dr Johanna Jacques' Outputs (3)

Critical Theory (2024)
Book Chapter
Jacques, J. (in press). Critical Theory. In R. Nolan, L. Ho, M. Bennett, & A. Hofri-Winogradow (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws. Oxford University Press

This chapter looks at the way in which critical theory has been applied to trusts law. Its main question is why the critique of trusts law, or critical trusts law, has not been more successful, given the prevalence of critical approaches in legal sch... Read More about Critical Theory.

The Reproduction of Property through the Production of Personhood: The Family Trust and the Power of Things (2024)
Book Chapter
Jacques, J. (2024). The Reproduction of Property through the Production of Personhood: The Family Trust and the Power of Things. In N. Piška, & H. Gibson (Eds.), Critical trusts law: reading Roger Cotterrell. Counterpress

Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility (2015)
Book Chapter
Jacques, J. (2016). Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility. In M. Arvidssen, L. Brännström, & P. Minkkinen (Eds.), The contemporary relevance of Carl Schmitt : law, politics, theology (107-119). Routledge

What does it mean to act politically? This paper contributes an answer to this question by looking at the role that necessity plays in the political theory of Carl Schmitt. It argues that necessity, whether in the form of existential danger or absolu... Read More about Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility.