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Mechanical witness : a history of motion picture evidence in U.S. courts
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Louis Georges, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video tapes in court proceedings--Law and legislation--United States.
- Video tapes in court proceedings.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Evidence, Demonstrative--United States.
- Evidence, Demonstrative.
- Courts--United States.
- Courts.
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Other Title:
- Mechanical witness
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title charts the changing role and theoretical implications of the use of film and video as courtroom evidence. The author moves from the earliest uses of film in courts to Bin Laden's taped statements after 9/11, revealing how the courts have developed a reliance on film and video technologies.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199871995 (ebook) :
- 019987199X (ebook) :
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