Living in Technical Legality: Science Fiction and Law as Technology

Kieran Tranter

Through detailed readings of popular science fiction, including the novels of Frank Herbert and Octavia E. Butler and television's Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who, this is the first sustained examination of legality in science fiction.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Preface
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- By Kieran Tranter, Gold Coast
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Introduction: Living in Technical Legality
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PART I - TECHNICAL LEGALITY
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1 - From Law and Technology to Law as Technology
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2 - Dune, Modern Law, and the Alchemy of Death and Time
pp 43-75
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3 - Battlestar Galactica, Technology, and Life
pp 76-106
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PART II - LIVING IN TECHNICAL LEGALITY
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4 - Xenogenesis and the Technical Legal Subject
pp 109-132
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5 - The Doctor and Technical Lawyering
pp 133-163
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6 - Mad Max and Mapping the Monsters in the Networks
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7 - Deserts and Technical Legality
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Bibliography
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-vii

Preface
pp viii-x

Introduction: Living in Technical Legality
pp 1-14

PART I - TECHNICAL LEGALITY
pp 15-16

1 - From Law and Technology to Law as Technology
pp 17-42

2 - Dune, Modern Law, and the Alchemy of Death and Time
pp 43-75

3 - Battlestar Galactica, Technology, and Life
pp 76-106

PART II - LIVING IN TECHNICAL LEGALITY
pp 107-108

4 - Xenogenesis and the Technical Legal Subject
pp 109-132

5 - The Doctor and Technical Lawyering
pp 133-163

6 - Mad Max and Mapping the Monsters in the Networks
pp 164-189

7 - Deserts and Technical Legality
pp 190-193

Bibliography
pp 194-237

Index
pp 238-242

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