Robert Leckey Knihy

Many authors have been accused of betraying their loved ones by turning them into fictional characters. In "The Treacherous Imagination, " Robert McGill examines the ethics of writing such stories. He argues that while fiction has long appealed to readers with its narratives of private life, contemporary autobiographical fiction channels a widespread ambivalence about the value of telling all in a confessional age--an age in which fiction has an unprecedented power to leave people feeling libeled or exposed when they recognize themselves in it

"Distraught and hopeless, an eighteen-year-old distance runner, Regan, decides to end her life. And she'll do it through an unusual new method available only on the dark web. Enter Ulle, a woman with amnesia, who will, inadvertently, make Regan's wish come true. Soon Ulle begins to remember her past and the outrageous steps her government took to combat a deadly pandemic of parasitic infections, which have brought her to this new country and to Regan's house. Meanwhile, Regan might be changing her mind, and she finds herself more and more concerned about keeping both Ulle and herself alive. But the shadowy organization that brought them together wants to keep them both quiet - permanently. A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life is a darkly comic dystopian tale that probes our anxieties around boundaries, whether territorial or bodily, and our fraught desire not to die alone."-- Provided by publisher

Focusing on family and administrative law, Robert Leckey presents a compelling argument that the legal subject is contextual rather than isolated. He effectively defends this perspective while exploring the relevance of relational theory in these legal domains. The book is coherent and engaging, promising to spark significant academic discussion and debate within legal scholarship and practice.

The book explores the tension between judicial authority and democratic legitimacy, positing that judges often limit their exercise of power to maintain an appearance of democratic fairness. It argues that this restraint can lead to the erosion of individual rights, as the judiciary prioritizes its legitimacy over full protection of those rights. Through this analysis, the author critiques the balance between judicial responsibility and the imperative to uphold personal freedoms in a democratic society.