0 Item

Bodies of Law

By: Alan Hyde

Write A Review

Paperback | 7 October 1997

At a Glance

Paperback
264 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
25.4 x 19.6 x 1.91

Paperback

RRP $94.99

$64.80

32%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $16.20 with

Aims to ship in 5 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

The most basic assertions about our bodies--that they are ours and distinguish us from each other, that they are private and have boundaries, races, and genders--are all political theories, constructed in legal texts for political purposes. So argues Alan Hyde in this first account of the body in legal thought. Hyde demonstrates that none of the constructions of the body in legal texts are universal truths that rest solely on body experience. Drawing on an array of fascinating case material, he shows that legal texts can construct all kinds of bodies, including those that are not owned at all, that are just like other bodies, that are public, open, and accessible to others. Further, the language, images, and metaphors of the body in legal texts can often convince us of positions to which we would not assent as a matter of political theory.

Through analysis of legal texts, Hyde shows, for example, how law's words construct the vagina as the most searchable body part; the penis as entirely under mental control; the bone marrow that need not be shared with a half-sibling who will die without it; and urine that must be surrendered for drug testing in rituals of national purification. This book will interest anyone concerned with cultural studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, and political theory, or anyone who has heard the phrase "body constructed in discourse" and wants to see, step by step, exactly how this is done.

Industry Reviews

"Full of provocative insights... "--Booklist

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Law Jurisprudence & General Issues Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law Science Biology, Life Sciences Human Biology Social Services & Welfare Crime & Criminology Society & Culture Cultural Studies History of Ideas

Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Philosophy Philosophy of The Mind Systems of Law

Preface
Introduction	p. 3
The Body as Machine: Hawkins v. McGee	p. 19
The Fatigued Body: On the Progressive History of the Body as Machine	p. 34
The Body as Property	p. 48
Constructing the Autonomous Legal Body: Privacy, Property, Inviolability	p. 80
Reproductive Capacity: Unsalable, Commodified, Compensable	p. 97
Sandwich Man; or, The Economic and Political History of Bodily Display	p. 109
Suppressing Bodily Display: Legal Breasts, Sunbathing, Dance, Photographic Images	p. 131
The Body's Narratives	p. 151
The Legal Vagina	p. 165
The Legal Penis	p. 173
Tranquilizing the Prisoner	p. 187
Body Wastes	p. 205
The Racial Body	p. 222
Diseased Bodies: Antibodies and Anti-Bodies	p. 241
Offensive Bodies	p. 252
Conclusion: A Body Fantasia	p. 258
Table of Cases	p. 267
Index	p. 269
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Bodies of Law

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

Horizontal Rights

An Institutional Approach

A+ VCE Legal Studies Study Notes

4th Edition

Modern Statutory Interpretation

Framework, Principles and Practice

Jurisprudence

9th Edition - Theory and Context

Understanding Jurisprudence 6ed

An Introduction to Legal Theory

Jurisprudence

Realism in Theory and Practice

First Person Plural

Community Development Approach to Social Change

Rethinking Legitimacy

Courts, Constitutions and Politics

Animals and the Constitution Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism

Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism

The Unseen History of International Law

The New Haven School American International Law

American International Law

The Nature and Impacts of Noncompliance

European Academy of Legal Theory Series

Law and the Unity of Practical Reasoning

Equality Before the Law

Equal Dignity, Wrongful Discrimination, and the Rule of Law

Judicial Avoidance

Balancing Competences in Constitutional Adjudication

Free Speech Theory

A Radical Restatement

Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice

Essays in Honour of Julian V Roberts

Just Price Theory

A Reassessment

Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation - Comparative Perspectives

Volume 1: National Reports

Criminology as a Moral Science

Studies in Penal Theory and Ethics

The Promise of Legality

Critical Reflections on the Work of TRS Allan

Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 3

Legal Reasoning

Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Lying

Advances in Experimental Philosophy

The Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp

From Phenomenology to Jurisprudence and the Hermeneutics of Stories

This product is categorised by