LEADER 04194nam 22006854a 450 001 9910172217603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08773-8 010 $a9786612087738 010 $a1-4008-2556-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825561 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756321 035 $a(EBL)445562 035 $a(OCoLC)367675507 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189961 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189961 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10187505 035 $a(PQKB)10084286 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36283 035 $a(DE-B1597)446306 035 $a(OCoLC)979834599 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825561 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445562 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284180 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208773 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445562 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756321 100 $a20020805d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaw's dream of a common knowledge /$fMariana Valverde 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aThe cultural lives of law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-08698-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The art of drawing the line : judicial knowledges of community morality and community harms -- The forensic gaze : law's search for moral clues -- Beyond sexuality? -- "The lifestyle that fits the doctrine of sexual orientation" -- Police science, British style : pub licensing and knowledges of urban disorder -- "Common knowledge must enter the equation somewhere" : knowledge as responsibility -- Racial masquerades : white inquiries into "the Indian style of life." 330 $aIf knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research--knowledge production--and presents a series of case studies showing that the hybridity and eclecticism of legal knowledge processes make it unfruitful to ask questions such as, "Is law becoming more dominated by science?" Mariana Valverde argues that legal decision making cannot be understood if one counterposes science and technology, on the one hand, to common knowledge and common sense on the other. The case studies of law's flexible collage of knowledges range from determinations of drunkenness made by liquor licensing inspectors and by police, through police testimony in "indecency" cases, to how judges define the "truth" of sexuality and the harm that obscenity poses to communities. Valverde emphasizes that the types of knowledge that circulate in such legal arenas consist of "facts," values, and codes from numerous incompatible sources that combine to produce interesting hybrids with wide-ranging legal and social effects. Drawing on Foucaultian and other analytical tools, she cogently demonstrates that different modes of knowledge, and hence various forms of power, coexist happily. Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge underlines the importance of analyzing dynamically how knowledge formation works. And it helps us to better understand the workings of power and resistance in a variety of contemporary contexts. It will interest scholars and students from disciplines including law, sociology, anthropology, history, and science-and-technology studies as well as those concerned with the particular issues raised by the case studies. 410 0$aCultural lives of law. 606 $aLaw$xSocial aspects 606 $aLaw$xPsychological aspects 606 $aKnowledge, Sociology of 615 0$aLaw$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aLaw$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aKnowledge, Sociology of. 676 $a340/.11 700 $aValverde$b Mariana$f1955-$0953421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910172217603321 996 $aLaw's dream of a common knowledge$92155584 997 $aUNINA