Living in technical legality : science fiction and law as technology / Kieran Tranter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tranter, Kieran, author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and law.

Science and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Through detailed readings of popular science fiction, including the novels of Frank Herbert and Octavia E. Butler and television's Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who, this is the first sustained examination of legality in science fiction.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction: Living in Technical Legality

PART I TECHNICAL LEGALITY

1 From Law and Technology to Law as Technology

2 Dune, Modern Law, and the Alchemy of Death and Time

3 Battlestar Galactica, Technology, and Life

PART II LIVING IN TECHNICAL LEGALITY

4 Xenogenesis and the Technical Legal Subject

5 The Doctor and Technical Lawyering

6 Mad Max and Mapping the Monsters in the Networks

7 Deserts and Technical Legality

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-5370-8

1-4744-2091-5

1-4744-2090-7

OCLC:

1306539445