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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I: Acoustic Jurisprudence
- 1: The Case for an Acoustic Jurisprudence
- 2: Listening to the Trial of Simon Bikindi
- Part II: Song
- 3: The Musicology of Judgment
- 4: A Musical Trial
- Part III: Speech
- 5: Voices of Law
- 6: Giving Voice
- Part IV: Sound
- 7: Judging the Soundscape
- 8: The Judicial Soundscape
- Conclusion
- 9: Towards Acoustic Justice
