Acoustic Jurisprudence - Listening to the Trial of Simon Bikindi

Informationen zum Autor James E K Parker is a Lecturer in Law at Melbourne Law School, where he is the director of a research programme on "Law, Sound, and the International" at the Institute for International Law and the Humanities. James is also a music critic and radio broadcaster. Klappentext Acoustic Jurisprudence provides the first detailed study of the trial of Simon Bikindi, who was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of inciting genocide with his songs. Using Bikindi as a case study, the book develops the many relations between law and sound, and the importance of sound in legal practice more widely. Zusammenfassung Acoustic Jurisprudence provides the first detailed study of the trial of Simon Bikindi, who was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda of inciting genocide with his songs. Using Bikindi as a case study, the book develops the many relations between law and sound, and the importance of sound in legal practice more widely. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Acoustic Jurisprudence 1: The Case for an Acoustic Jurisprudence 2: Listening to the Trial of Simon Bikindi Part II: Song 3: The Musicology of Judgment 4: A Musical Trial Part III: Speech 5: Voices of Law 6: Giving Voice Part IV: Sound 7: Judging the Soundscape 8: The Judicial Soundscape Conclusion 9: Towards Acoustic Justice

Product details

• Authors: James E K Parker, James E K (Lecturer Parker
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2015
• EAN: 9780198735809
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873580-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, LAW / International, LAW / Public, Rwanda, International Criminal Law, Second World War, The Holocaust, Theory of music & musicology, c 1940 to c 1949, Public international law: criminal law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Theory of music and musicology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater