Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975-

Law in crisis the ecstatic subject of natural disaster / [electronic resource] : Ruth A. Miller. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009. - 238 p. - The cultural lives of law . - Cultural lives of law. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-231) and index.

Introduction -- Writing about disaster : metaphors in crisis -- The gift of life : blood, organs, and viruses -- Respect in death : ghouls and corpses -- Seismic space : camps, cemeteries, squares, and monuments -- Conclusion.


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Law--Philosophy.
Subjectivity.
Natural disasters--Law and legislation.
Law--Political aspects.


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