Citation

Corcos CA. Int. J. Semiot. Law 2010; 23(4): 505-507.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010)

DOI

10.1007/s11196-010-9169-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In Law on Display, authors Neal Feigenson and Christina Spiesel offer us a unified and thoughtful way to parse digital images not just about the legal system, but about the manner in which we interpret it. They ask a fundamental question: do those digital images that we rely on, particularly for evidence, and that indeed sometimes we label as evidence represent reality? And if so, in what way? Attractive as it was, we never should have assumed the truth of the statement, "the camera never lies". Now that digital technology is part of the lawyer's courtroom paraphernalia, and as lawyers eagerly learn to command and control the capabilities of the videotape, the multimedia presentation, the audioclip, and the Powerpoint slide, all of which are so familiar and so persuasive to us in our daily lives, we must also learn how to deconstruct them. We must learn why they have such narrative power, more even than the educated and studied voice of the practiced, professional attorney who addresse...

Language: en