Law and the Unconscious is the first work of the French legal
philosopher Pierre Legendre to appear in English. Trained as a lawyer, a
historian and a psychoanalyst, the work of Pierre Legendre has
consistently confronted law with the teaching and methods of
psychoanalysis. The present collection of essays addresses a fascinating
and diverse set of themes including the doctrinal regulation of tears,
dance and law, the desire for the absolute, the war of texts, and the
power of images.