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Life and Words Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary

Veena Das

In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology’s most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das ex...

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Strict Scrutiny

The host referred to this book when discussing the plaintiff's testimony, particularly in relation to the idea that the legal process itself can be a form of violence.

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I'm so reminded of that Robert Cover article, Violence and the Word in NOMOS. Like this is one of these articles, sort of a classic of jurisprudence. And it's basically this idea that legal process it...

— Episode: A Code of Misconduct

Episode: A Code of Misconduct

The host referred to this book when discussing the plaintiff's testimony, particularly in relation to the idea that the legal process itself can be a form of violence.

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I'm so reminded of that Robert Cover article, Violence and the Word in NOMOS. Like this is one of these articles, sort of a classic of jurisprudence. And it's basically this idea that legal process itself can be a form of violence.

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