01550nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000072793 StDuBDS 20150804193932.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 081229s2009 nyu fo 001 0 eng|d 9780199871995 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KF8725 .S39 2009 347.73075 22 Schwartz, Louis Georges. Mechanical witness [electronic resource] : a history of motion picture evidence in U.S. courts / Louis-Georges Schwartz. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (176 p.) This title charts the changing role and theoretical implications of the use of film and video as courtroom evidence. The author moves from the earliest uses of film in courts to Bin Laden's taped statements after 9/11, revealing how the courts have developed a reliance on film and video technologies. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Video tapes in courtroom proceedings United States. Motion pictures Law and legislation United States. Evidence, Documentary United States. Courts United States. Judicial process United States. Print version 9780195315059 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195315059.001.0001 37448 37448