Mechanical Witness: A History of Motion Picture Evidence in U.S. Courts
Author:   Louis-Georges Schwartz (Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195315066


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 November 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Mechanical Witness: A History of Motion Picture Evidence in U.S. Courts


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Author:   Louis-Georges Schwartz (Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 20.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 13.70cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9780195315066


ISBN 10:   0195315065
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 November 2009
Audience:   Adult education ,  General/trade ,  Further / Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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<br> This pathbreaking study of case law rescues film studies from the cloisters by tracing the use of cinema in the U.S. courts. Valuable for its research and a model of exposition, this is a marvelous book. -Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation<p><br> Mechanical Witness is an important piece of film history and it is well situated in ongoing dialogs in film history and theory. It is well written and informed by outstanding research. -Lisa Cartwright, coauthor of Practices of Looking<p><br>


<br> This pathbreaking study of case law rescues film studies from the cloisters by tracing the use of cinema in the U.S. courts. Valuable for its research and a model of exposition, this is a marvelous book. -Toby Miller, author of Makeover Nation<br> Mechanical Witness is an important piece of film history and it is well situated in ongoing dialogs in film history and theory. It is well written and informed by outstanding research. -Lisa Cartwright, coauthor of Practices of Looking<br>


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Louis-Georges Schwartz is Assistant Professor at the School of Film at Ohio University.

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