Law by night / Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg-Hiller, Jonathan, 1958- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Global and insurgent legalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Night--Social aspects.

Night.

Nightlife--Social aspects.

Nightlife.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Night--History.

Night riding (Racial violence).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In Law by Night Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller asks what we can learn about modern law and its authority by understanding how it operates in the dark of night. He outlines how the social experience and cultural meanings of night promote racialized and gender violence, but also make possible freedom of movement for marginalized groups that might be otherwise unavailable during the day. Examining nighttime racial violence, curfews, gun ownership, the right to sleep, and "take back the night" rallies, Goldberg-Hiller demonstrates that liberal legal doctrine lacks a theory of the night that accounts for a nocturnal politics that has historically allowed violence to persist. By locating the law's nocturnal limits, Goldberg-Hiller enriches understandings of how the law reinforces hierarchies of race and gender and foregrounds the night's potential to enliven a more egalitarian social life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Interruptions

Is There a Right to Sleep?

It Came upon You in the Night

Curfew, Legality, and the Social Control of the Night

Take Back the Night

Translation in the Dark.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Goldberg-Hiller, Jonathan, 1958- Law by night.

ISBN:

9781478027454

1478027452

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.