Law's Dream of a Common KnowledgeIf knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research--knowledge production--and presents a series of case studies showing that the hybridity and eclecticism of legal knowledge processes make it unfruitful to ask questions such as, "Is law becoming more dominated by science?" Mariana Valverde argues that legal decision making cannot be understood if one counterposes science and technology, on the one hand, to common knowledge and common sense on the other. The case studies of law's flexible collage of knowledges range from determinations of drunkenness made by liquor licensing inspectors and by police, through police testimony in "indecency" cases, to how judges define the "truth" of sexuality and the harm that obscenity poses to communities. |
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... Canada on “democracy in governance” allowed me to think through some of the larger theo- retical questions and learn a great deal about legal theory, as well as helping me to think about the policy implications of theoretical debates ...
... Canada but also in the United States , suggest that the modern homosexual identity , whose history has been traced by Foucault and by numerous historians , may be in the process of fragmenting . The crimi- nal law , particularly in the ...
... Canadian law used to call " the Indian style of life . " Being an Indian can , of course , be an identity ; it can also be a distinct legal act , as when some- one is added to the official list of band members who are " status In- دو ...
... Canadian judge , really meant , " Is Mr. X in the habit of wearing moccasins ? " since whether he wore them on the occasion of Mr. Y selling him alcohol was not the issue . The lifestyle question has plagued American political and ...
... Canadian human rights cases involving local Lesbian / Gay Pride celebrations allow us to consider how a certain type of gay community has been constituted as a legal and political agent with a certain " lifestyle " ; this issue is also ...
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