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Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law

Foucault’s Monsters involves development of theory, historical revision and contemporary application. It is the first book to engage with the relationship between Foucault’s Abnormal lecture series (1974-1975) and law. Specifically, it is concerned with the monster, a key outsider template within social theory. It develops Foucault’s theoretical framework, challenges aspects of his historical account of monsters and then applies the developed framework to three contemporary concerns: transsexuals, conjoined twins and admixed embryos. The scope of this book and its theoretical ambitions demanded substantial academic investment.