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SUMMARY:'Fictions of Legal Hearing' - Professor Nomi Dave (University of O
 xford)
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DESCRIPTION:The law often seeks to keep sound contained and fixed\, but so
 und has a way of leaking out. From the acoustic design of courtrooms to ru
 les of evidence and norms of decorum in trial\, the law determines what sh
 ould be heard and what should not\, in legal process as well as in everyda
 y life. Sound can be an evanescent and unruly object\, however\, evading o
 r penetrating our ears in unexpected ways. As a result\, the law applies w
 hat I refer to as fictions of hearing – assumptions\, ideas\, and rules 
 about sound that aim to manage it\, but don’t always succeed. \n\nWhile 
 law purports to be a truth-finding practice\, its operation routinely reli
 es on fictions. Legal fictions are counterfactual assumptions that the law
  uses to facilitate process and create normative standards. These technolo
 gies of the law are widespread yet remain widely unspoken. As the legal sc
 holar Cornelia Vismann notes\, however\, such practices and technologies m
 ay “bear witness to the essence of the law – and yet\, at times\, also
  testify against the law’s self-image.” (2011) I outline here three ex
 amples\, of un-hearing\, refusals to listen\, and institutional mishearing
 \, that testify about hierarchies of power and authority in the courtroom.
  These examples reveal how courts construct a Reasonable Listener: a perso
 n who hears in ways that are impossible\, or at least only possible throug
 h the legal imagination.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Nomi Dave (University of Ox
 ford)
LOCATION:Faculty of Music (Cinema\, Schwarzman Centre)\, St Aldate's OX1 1
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