Jacques De Ville
Biographic Data
| ID | 1594746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacques De Ville |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacques |
| FAMILY NAME | De Ville |
| SIGNATURE | DE VILLE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8245-8522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hospitality and the Modern Constitution
This article focuses on Derrida’s Hospitality I seminar to explore its implications for the modern constitution, more specifically for debates in constitutional theory about constitutional identity. It does so by looking closely at Derrida’s analyses in the seminar of ipseity, the uncanny, Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, and the political. Applied to the modern constitution, the analysis suggests that the latter can be viewed as starting with a sc…
The Force of the Modern Constitution
This essay explores the implications of Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign II for the modern constitution. In his reading of Heidegger’s texts, Derrida points to the frequent invocation of the word Walten , which seems to point to a force, power, or violence at stake in beings as a whole, their inner law, one could say. The essay explores this force, with reference to four words at play in Beast & Sovereign II : the Greek physis , the German Tri…
Forgiveness and the Modern Constitution
The recently published two volumes of Derrida’s Perjury & Pardon seminars are interesting from a legal perspective, among others, because of Derrida’s comments there on the preamble and certain sections of the South African Constitution. The present article enquires specifically into the implications of Derrida’s analysis in the Perjury & Pardon seminars for constitutional interpretation, more specifically, by seeking answers to the question what…
The autobiographical constitution
The idea that the modern constitution can be understood as the autobiography of a people is becoming a frequently invoked metaphor. Autobiography is commonly understood as a narrative of an individual of their own lives, including their origins, the challenges they experienced, significant events that influenced their identity, as well as their values and dreams. A constitution, somewhat similarly, often in its preamble, refers to the history and…
Nietzsche’s Legacy and Constitutional Values
Derrida’s recently published Life Death seminars have again highlighted the importance of values within the ongoing philosophical conversation about overcoming metaphysics. The seminars further indirectly raise a matter of great importance for constitutional theory. Values have become central to constitutional discourse since the mid-twentieth century despite critique due to their supposedly subjective nature, the potential conflict between them,…
Animal, Subject, Constitution
Subjectivity and a civil constitution, according to Kant, are both made possible by a certain power or ability, which the human being has in comparison with animals. This essay examines Derrida's reading of Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View , and explores its implications for constitutional democracy
Freedom and Democracy
The notion of freedom is synonymous with Kant, but where is it located, and what is the significance of its location for our understanding of democracy today? In this essay, an answer will be sought to these questions by way of Heidegger’s reading of Kant in The Essence of Human Freedom, followed by an exploration of Derrida’s radicalization of Heidegger’s reading in Rogues. If “freedom” is located beyond Being, as contended by both Heidegger and…
On Crime and Punishment
Before the Law
Constitutional Theory
This book advances a new reading of the central works of Carl Schmitt and, in so doing, rethinks the primary concepts of constitutional theory. In this book, Jacques de Ville engages in a close analysis of a number of Schmitt’s texts, including Dictatorship (1921), The Concept of the Political (1927), Constitutional Theory (1928), Land and Sea (1942), Ex Captivitate Salus (1950), The Nomos of the Earth (1950) and The Theory of the Partisan (1963)…
The Foreign Body Within the Body Politic
Deconstructing the Leviathan
Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign, volume I, explores the contradictory appearance of animals in political discourse. Sometimes, as he points out, political man and the sovereign state appear in the form of an animal and, at other times, as superior to animals of which he is the master. In session two of the Seminar, the main focus of this essay, Derrida explores the ‘origin’ of this contradictory logic inter alia with reference to animal fable…
Madness and the Law
Desire and Language in Derrida’s Force of Law
In this article the author proposes a reading of Force of Law from two angles: boundless desire and the ‘law’ of language. The author contends that an analysis from these perspectives casts new light on the notion of the ‘mystical’, as well as repetition, singularity and good/evil as they appear in Derrida’s text. In exploring the ‘notion’ of desire, the article focuses specifically on Derrida’s analysis of Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle i…
Sovereignty Without Sovereignty
Rethinking the Notion of a ‘Higher Law’
Levinas on Law
In this article, Desmond Manderson’s book, Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law (2006), is analysed specifically with reference to the accuracy with which it translates Derrida’s thinking into law. Manderson, in a number of instances, invokes Derrida’s thinking as a ‘corrective’ to that of Levinas. The author shows that this invocation by Manderson of Derrida’s texts is selective and does not take account of Derrida’s broader ‘philosophical’ a…
Spectres of Coke
A Systematic View on the Electoral Reform Debate in South Africa
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
The Right to Administrative Justice
(1995). The Right to Administrative Justice: An Examination of Section 24 of the Interim Constitution. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 264-280
Sovereignty Without Sovereignty
Deconstructing the Leviathan
Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign, volume I, explores the contradictory appearance of animals in political discourse. Sometimes, as he points out, political man and the sovereign state appear in the form of an animal and, at other times, as superior to animals of which he is the master. In session two of the Seminar, the main focus of this essay, Derrida explores the ‘origin’ of this contradictory logic inter alia with reference to animal fable…
On Crime and Punishment
Madness and the Law
Rethinking the Notion of a ‘Higher Law’
A Systematic View on the Electoral Reform Debate in South Africa
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
The Right to Administrative Justice
(1995). The Right to Administrative Justice: An Examination of Section 24 of the Interim Constitution. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 264-280
A Systematic View on the Electoral Reform Debate in South Africa
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Levinas on Law
In this article, Desmond Manderson’s book, Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law (2006), is analysed specifically with reference to the accuracy with which it translates Derrida’s thinking into law. Manderson, in a number of instances, invokes Derrida’s thinking as a ‘corrective’ to that of Levinas. The author shows that this invocation by Manderson of Derrida’s texts is selective and does not take account of Derrida’s broader ‘philosophical’ a…
Spectres of Coke
Sovereignty Without Sovereignty
Rethinking the Notion of a ‘Higher Law’
Desire and Language in Derrida’s Force of Law
In this article the author proposes a reading of Force of Law from two angles: boundless desire and the ‘law’ of language. The author contends that an analysis from these perspectives casts new light on the notion of the ‘mystical’, as well as repetition, singularity and good/evil as they appear in Derrida’s text. In exploring the ‘notion’ of desire, the article focuses specifically on Derrida’s analysis of Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle i…
Madness and the Law
Deconstructing the Leviathan
Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign, volume I, explores the contradictory appearance of animals in political discourse. Sometimes, as he points out, political man and the sovereign state appear in the form of an animal and, at other times, as superior to animals of which he is the master. In session two of the Seminar, the main focus of this essay, Derrida explores the ‘origin’ of this contradictory logic inter alia with reference to animal fable…
The Foreign Body Within the Body Politic
Constitutional Theory
This book advances a new reading of the central works of Carl Schmitt and, in so doing, rethinks the primary concepts of constitutional theory. In this book, Jacques de Ville engages in a close analysis of a number of Schmitt’s texts, including Dictatorship (1921), The Concept of the Political (1927), Constitutional Theory (1928), Land and Sea (1942), Ex Captivitate Salus (1950), The Nomos of the Earth (1950) and The Theory of the Partisan (1963)…
Before the Law
On Crime and Punishment
Freedom and Democracy
The notion of freedom is synonymous with Kant, but where is it located, and what is the significance of its location for our understanding of democracy today? In this essay, an answer will be sought to these questions by way of Heidegger’s reading of Kant in The Essence of Human Freedom, followed by an exploration of Derrida’s radicalization of Heidegger’s reading in Rogues. If “freedom” is located beyond Being, as contended by both Heidegger and…
Animal, Subject, Constitution
Subjectivity and a civil constitution, according to Kant, are both made possible by a certain power or ability, which the human being has in comparison with animals. This essay examines Derrida's reading of Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View , and explores its implications for constitutional democracy
Forgiveness and the Modern Constitution
The recently published two volumes of Derrida’s Perjury & Pardon seminars are interesting from a legal perspective, among others, because of Derrida’s comments there on the preamble and certain sections of the South African Constitution. The present article enquires specifically into the implications of Derrida’s analysis in the Perjury & Pardon seminars for constitutional interpretation, more specifically, by seeking answers to the question what…
The autobiographical constitution
The idea that the modern constitution can be understood as the autobiography of a people is becoming a frequently invoked metaphor. Autobiography is commonly understood as a narrative of an individual of their own lives, including their origins, the challenges they experienced, significant events that influenced their identity, as well as their values and dreams. A constitution, somewhat similarly, often in its preamble, refers to the history and…
Nietzsche’s Legacy and Constitutional Values
Derrida’s recently published Life Death seminars have again highlighted the importance of values within the ongoing philosophical conversation about overcoming metaphysics. The seminars further indirectly raise a matter of great importance for constitutional theory. Values have become central to constitutional discourse since the mid-twentieth century despite critique due to their supposedly subjective nature, the potential conflict between them,…
The Force of the Modern Constitution
This essay explores the implications of Derrida’s The Beast & the Sovereign II for the modern constitution. In his reading of Heidegger’s texts, Derrida points to the frequent invocation of the word Walten , which seems to point to a force, power, or violence at stake in beings as a whole, their inner law, one could say. The essay explores this force, with reference to four words at play in Beast & Sovereign II : the Greek physis , the German Tri…
Hospitality and the Modern Constitution
This article focuses on Derrida’s Hospitality I seminar to explore its implications for the modern constitution, more specifically for debates in constitutional theory about constitutional identity. It does so by looking closely at Derrida’s analyses in the seminar of ipseity, the uncanny, Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, and the political. Applied to the modern constitution, the analysis suggests that the latter can be viewed as starting with a sc…
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