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Acoustic Jurisprudence: Listening to the Trial of Simon Bikindi
James E K Parker
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Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AVA; HBTZ1; LBBR; LBBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 292 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Between September 2006 and December 2008, Simon Bikindi stood trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, accused of inciting genocide with his songs. In the early 1990s, Bikindi had been one of Rwanda's most well-known and popular figures - the country's minister for culture and its most famous and respected singer. But by the end of 1994, his songs had quite literally soundtracked a genocide. Acoustic Jurisprudence is the first detailed study of the trial that followed. It is also the first work of contemporary legal scholarship to address the many relations between law and sound, which are ... Read more
Between September 2006 and December 2008, Simon Bikindi stood trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, accused of inciting genocide with his songs. In the early 1990s, Bikindi had been one of Rwanda's most well-known and popular figures - the country's minister for culture and its most famous and respected singer. But by the end of 1994, his songs had quite literally soundtracked a genocide. Acoustic Jurisprudence is the first detailed study of the trial that followed. It is also the first work of contemporary legal scholarship to address the many relations between law and sound, which are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198735809
SKU
V9780198735809
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About James E K Parker
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.
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