Law and the City

Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos is a reader in the School of Law at the University of Westminster, UK. His main research interests cover phenomenology, autopoiesis, critical legal theory, urban theory, human rights, psychoanalysis, theology, geography and art theory.    

Introduction: 'In the Lawscape' Part 1: Architectonics of Power 1. 'Berlin: The Untrusted Centre of the Law' 2. 'Moscow: Third Rome, Model Communist City, Eurasian Antagonist - and Power as No-Power?' 3. 'Istanbul, Political Islam and the Law: the Paradox of Modernity' Part 2: Streets of the Real 4. 'Homophobic Violence in London: Challenging Assumptions about Strangers, Dangers and Safety in the City' 5. 'Singapore: The One-Night Stand with the Law, Lah' 6. 'Panjim: Realms of Law and Imagination' Part 3: Legality, Illegality, Legitimacy 7. 'Athens: The Boundless City and the Crisis of Law' 8. 'Mexico City: The City and its Law in Eight Episodes, 1940 - 2005' 9. 'Law and the Poor: The Case of Dar es Salaam' Part 4: The Other Intramuros 10. 'Toronto: A 'Multicultural' Urban Order' 11. 'Sydney: Aspiration, Asylum and the Denial of the 'Right to the City'' 12. 'Johannesburg: A Tale of Two Cases' Part 5: Lines of Lawscapes 13. 'Brasília: Utopia Postponed' 14. 'Cyber Cities: Under Construction' 15. 'First We Take Manhattan: Microtopia and Grammatology in Gotham'