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THE LAW IS A WHITE DOG
THE LAW IS A WHITE DOG
Subtitle:
How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons
Book Category:
Biography & Autobiography > General
Author:
Dayan, Colin
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691070919
Price:
USD 29.95
Publication Year:
2011

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Princeton University Press.

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Reading the language, allusions, and symbols of legal discourse, and bridging distinctions between the human and nonhuman, Colin Dayan looks at how the law disfigures individuals and animals, and how slavery, punishment, and torture create unforeseen effects in our daily lives.

 

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