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Law and Media

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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The essays collected in Law and Media present German media theorist Cornelia Vismann investigating how law functions through the media technologies used to produce, disseminate, and preserve it—from papyrus and the codex to courtroom stenography and Stasi files. Expanding on the understanding of the cultural techniques of law advanced in her landmark first book, Files, Vismann explores topics including the history of Roman law, the development of law books and archives, the transcription and translation of laws and legal proceedings, and the techniques and technologies of bureaucratic administrationTranslated here for the first time into English and featuring an introduction situating Vismann's thought in terms of her scholarly interlocutors, this book brings Vismann's creative theoretical work, in the form of lively and accessible essays, to readers in cultural studies, media studies, political philosophy, and legal history. For first-time readers of Vismann, these essays will provide a valuable introduction to her key concepts and ideas, while those familiar with the pioneering media theorist will find additional insight into the theories and scholarship that shaped her unique approach.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSensing Media: Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Cultures of Media
Antal sidor190
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9781503647596

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Introduction Cornelia Vismann, Critical Legal Studies, and German Media Theory—Anthony Enns PART 1. On Rome1. Inescapable Rome2. Word for Word : Translation and Law3. Time of Files4. Sources5. Cursing in Stone: Teiorum Dirae—Teian CursesPART 2. Administration: According to the Files6. Governing Techniques Around 1550–77: On Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1510–1558)7. Autobiography and File InspectionPART 3. Media and Cultural Techniques8. St. Benedict, Inc.: On the Legality of Community9. Action Writing: On Orality in Law10. Genealogical Order and Asexual ReproductionNotesIndex

"Vismann's work has been received with rare enthusiasm—yet this volume opens a further, still-to-be-discovered dimension of her thought. These essays unfold her radical rethinking of law, archives, sovereignty, and the material technologies of power. Indispensable for cultural studies, media studies, political philosophy, history, and postcolonial and critical theory."—Claus Pias, Leuphana University"The essays collected here cover many of the fields and themes of Vismann's pathbreaking work. An excellent introduction, even easier to access than her other books."—Rudiger Campe, Yale University