Prelims

Interrupting the Legal Person

ISBN: 978-1-80262-864-7, eISBN: 978-1-80262-863-0

ISSN: 1059-4337

Publication date: 28 March 2022

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(2022), "Prelims", Sarat, A., Pavlich, G. and Mailey, R. (Ed.) Interrupting the Legal Person (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 87A), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-ix. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-43372022000087A008

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INTERRUPTING THE LEGAL PERSON

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STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY - VOLUME 87A

INTERRUPTING THE LEGAL PERSON

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AUSTIN SARAT

Amherst College, USA

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GEORGE PAVLICH AND RICHARD MAILEY

University of Alberta, Canada

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Contents

List of Contributors vii
Editorial Board ix
Chapter 1: Reframing Colonial Law’s Criminally Accused Persons
George Pavlich 1
Chapter 2: Gitxsan Legal Personhood: Gendered
Val Napoleon 19
Chapter 3: Foucault’s Perhaps: Madness, Suffering and the Interruption of Legal Personality in Foucault, Supiot and Hegel
Johan van der Walt 33
Chapter 4: Interrupting the Legal Person: Thinking Responsibility with Hannah Arendt
Jennifer L. Culbert 49
Chapter 5: The Role of the Person in Modern Constitutional Law: How State-Inflicted Harms become Personal
Richard Mailey 73
Chapter 6: The Biopolitics of Settler Colonialism and the Limits of Foucault’s Historical Method
Amy Swiffen and Shoshana Paget 89
Chapter 7: Interrupted by Death: The Legal Personhood and Non-personhood of Corpses
James R. Martel 103

List of Contributors

Jennifer L. Culbert Johns Hopkins University, USA
Richard Mailey University of Alberta, Canada
James R. Martel San Francisco State University, USA
Val Napoleon University of Victoria, Canada
Shoshana Paget Concordia University, Canada
George Pavlich University of Alberta, Canada
Amy Swiffen Concordia University, Canada
Johan van der Walt University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Editorial Board

Gad Barzilai Tel Aviv University Isreal
Paul Berman George Washington University USA
Roger Cotterrell University of London UK
Jennifer Culbert Johns Hopkins University USA
Eve Darian-Smith University of California, Santa Barbara USA
David Delaney Amherst College USA
Florence Dore University of North Carolina USA
David Engel State University of New York at Buffalo USA
Anthony Farley Albany Law School USA
David Garland New York University USA
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller University of Hawaii USA
Laura Gomez University of California, Los Angeles USA
Piyel Haldar Birkbeck College University of London UK
Thomas Hilbink Open Society Institute USA
Desmond Manderson Australian National University Australia
Jennifer Mnookin U.C.L.A. USA
Laura Beth Nielsen American Bar Foundation USA
Paul Passavant Hobart and William Smith College USA
Susan Schmeiser University of Connecticut USA
Jonathan Simon University of California, Berkeley USA
Marianna Valverde University of Toronto Canada
Alison Young University of Melbourne Australia