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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Law--Philosophy. Subjectivity. Natural disasters--Law and legislation. Law--Political aspects.