Legal theory and the media of law. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Vesting.
• Authors: Vesting, Thomas, 1958-
• Other Names: Wagner, James C translator.
• Contents: Part I Language and speech -- I. Introduction: legal theory as media theory -- 2. Language, media, subjectivity -- 3. On the orality of oral cultures -- 4. Oral legal culture and the "ethics" of the gift -- 5. Traces of oral legal culture in Homer (and Hesiod) -- Part II -- Writing -- 6. Hot writing and cool -- 7. Tradition and innovation in writing cultures -- 8. Transitions to writing in law -- 9. Specialist writing: Roman civil law -- 10. The comprehensive text of Jewish law -- Part III Print -- 11. The parchment codex and the "spirit" of Christianity -- 12. Print culture, print epistemology -- 13. "Incarnation" of sovereignty -- 14. "Excarnation" of sovereignty -- 15. The cultural framework of the liberal state -- Part IV -- Computer networks -- 16. Mass media and mass culture -- 17. The culture and epistemology of networks -- 18. Constitutionalism -- 19. Statehood and democracy -- 20. Further exemplary fields -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 343.09/9; 340.1; LAW -- Jurisprudence; Law -- Philosophy; Law -- Language; Mass media -- Social aspects; LAW / Essays; LAW / General Practice; LAW / Jurisprudence; LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism; LAW / Practical Guides; LAW / Reference; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; LAW -- Media & the Law; Cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784711603; 1784711608
• Related ISBNs: 1784711594; 9781784711597
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on May 21, 2018).
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