The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons

by Colin Dayan

Book Overview

A fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood

Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guant namo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state--all are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and the law sustains these terrors and banishments even as it upholds the civil order. Examining such troubling cases, The Law Is a White Dog...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691157871
• ISBN13: 9780691157870
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"