Law and Power: Ten Lessons from Foucault

Abstract

Ten insghts into the nature ofpower and its relationship with law are derived from the work of Michel Foucault: (1) power is not a bad thing; (2) power cannot be abolished; (3) power is not monopohsed by the powerful; (4) power is everywhere; (5) power always provokes resistance; (6)powershapes knowledge; (7)power determines truth; (8) law is a strategy ofpower; (9) lawis only one of the many strategies ofpower; and (10) power and discourse are non-subjective.