Justice as improvisation : the law of extempore / Sara Ramshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramshaw, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation often imprison it in a quasi-ethical relationship with the authentic, singular 'other'. The same can be said of justice. This book interrogates this relationship by highlighting the parallels between the aporetic conception of justice advanced by the late French philosopher Jacques Derrida and the nuanced approach to improvisation pursued by musicians and theorists alike in the new and emerging int

Contents:

Introduction: the law of the extempore

The rise and reform of the New York City cabaret laws

Deconstructive legal improvisation

The wildness of jazz improvisation

Demystifying improvisation

The structure-freedom paradox in law

Justice as improvisation.

Notes:

"A GlassHouse Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-10277-5

0-203-07328-2

1-299-27877-9

1-135-10278-3

9780203073285

OCLC:

830161477