Shakespeare, Renan and Weber: an interdisciplinary study of the violence paradigm and what it means to law and the nation-state

Brouwer, R.C.G. (2026)

Doctoral Thesis

This study addresses the question how Shakespearean tragedy relates to legal science, state theory and the philosophy of law. What does violence, as shown in Shakespearean tragedies, have to do with the creation, maintenance, or demise of a nation-state and the rule of law?

• Shakespeare
• Violence Paradigm
• Nation-state
• Rule of Law
• Tragic Existential Crisis
• Legal Primitivism
• Separation of Power
• Renan and Weber

• All authors: Brouwer, R.C.G.
• Supervisor: Cliteur, P.B.
• Co-supervisor: Ellian, A.
• Committee: Rijpkema, B.R.; Wilcox, H.; Mul, J. de; Slootweg, T.J.M.; Franssen, P.C.C.M.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University
• Date: 2026-01-20
• ISBN (print): 9789464739695