Latour and the Passage of Law

Kyle McGee

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

Latour and the Passage of Law

Kyle McGee

In the series Critical Connections

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748697922

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13 essays explore Bruno Latour’s legal theory from a variety of disciplinary perspectives

This exciting new vision for legal theory combines analytical tools drawn from Latour's actor-network theory developed in Science in Action, Reassembling the Social and The Making of Law with the philosophical anthropology of the Moderns in An Inquiry into Modes of Existence to blaze a new trail in legal epistemology.

Bruno Latour’s writings in science and technology studies, anthropology, sociology and philosophy are well-known, but only rarely has his work in law been appreciated as a core element, and still less as a passage point for students and scholars of law. This collection demonstrates the urgency with which both of those omissions must be reconsidered.

Contributors

Bruno Latour, Cédric Moreau de Bellaing, David S. Caudill, David Saunders, Faith E. Barter, François Cooren, Graham Harman, Kyle McGee, Laurent de Sutter, Mariana Valverde, Niels van Dijk, Serge Gutwirth

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Introduction Kyle McGee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. From the Conseil d’État to Gaia: Bruno Latour on Law, Surfaces and Depth David Saunders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Politics and Law as Latourian Modes of Existence Graham Harman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3. On Devices and Logics of Legal Sense: Toward Socio-technical Legal Analysis Kyle McGee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. ‘The Crown Wears Many Hats’: Canadian Aboriginal Law and the Black-boxing of Empire Mariana Valverde and Adriel Weaver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
5. Providing the Missing Link: Law after Latour’s Passage Serge Gutwirth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
6. The Life and Deaths of a Dispute: An Inquiry into Matters of Law Niels van Dijk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
7. Plasma! Notes on Bruno Latour’s Metaphysics of Law Laurent de Sutter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
8. The Conditions of a Good Judgment: From Law to Internal Affairs Police Investigations Cédric Moreau de Bellaing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
9. In The Name of the Law: Ventriloquism and Juridical Matters François Cooren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
10. Laboratory Life and the Economics of Science in Law David S. Caudill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
11. Bartleby, Barbarians and the Legality of Literature Faith Barter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
12. The Strange Entanglement of Jurimorphs Bruno Latour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368
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- Other: 4 B/W tables 1 B/W line art
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: October 30, 2015
ISBN: 9780748697922