Law and the Visible (Paperback)

If you take a video of police officers beating a Black man into unconsciousness, are you a witness or a bystander? If you livestream your friends dragging the body of an unconscious woman and talking about their plans to violate her, are you an accomplice? Do bodycams and video doorbells tell the truth? Are the ubiquitous technologies of visibility open to interpretation and manipulation? These are just a few of the questions explored in the rich and broadly interdisciplinary essays within this volume, Law and the Visible, the most recent offering in the Amherst Series for Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought. Individual essays discuss the culpability of those who record violence, the history of racialized violence as it streams through police bodycams, the idea of digital images as objective or neutral, the logics of surveillance and transparency, and a defense of anonymity in the digital age. Contributors include Benjamin J. Goold, Torin Monahan, Kelli Moore, Eden Osucha, Jennifer Peterson, and Carrie A. Rentschler.

General

Imprint:	University of Massachusetts Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought
Release date:	August 2021
Editors:	Austin Sarat • Lawrence Douglas • Martha Merrill Umphrey
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-62534-586-8
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > General
LSN:	1-62534-586-0
Barcode:	9781625345868

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