Impersonal Life: Law as a Site of Convergence
This essay performs a critical reading of three 2013 Kansas State “pro-life” laws to investigate what it means for law to be a site of convergence for questions of life. It challenges the idea that law is simply the place in which life is defined, constituted, or recognized. A close reading reveals...
Main Author: | Sarah Burgess |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Libraries
2015-05-01
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Series: | MediaTropes |
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Online Access: | http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/22398 |
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