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Contest and query: VN, Invitation to a Beheading,
and habeas corpus
and habeas corpus
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[EDNOTE. Marshal Zeringue, the Executive Director of the Campaign for
the American Reader--as well as a writer-producer at the aptly named
Darkbloomz Productions and a Nabokov fan--edits a non-profit website
that aims to get more people to read more books. -- SES]
Right now we're trying to come up with works of fiction that illustrate
what's at stake in the debate over habeas corpus; ie, what are societies
like when the authorities can (or must) imprison citizens without
judicial review? Follow this link to read more:
http://americareads.blogspot.com/2006/03/whats-at-stake-with-habeas-corpus.html.
I'm offering a copy of The Body and the State: Habeas Corpus and
American Jurisprudence (SUNY Press, 2006) to the reader who comes up
with the best novel and EXPLANATION for its choice. Because some
readers have suggested books like Darkness at Noon and 1984, I wondered
if Invitation to a Beheading might also fit the bill.
See this link for fiction about jails without judges for some examples
of books already suggested:
http://americareads.blogspot.com/2006/04/update-fiction-about-jails-without.html.
If you have a title in mind, I'd love to hear from you. And please share
this email with colleagues who might be interested in the question.
Thank you.
Marshal Zeringue
http://americareads.blogspot.com/
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the American Reader--as well as a writer-producer at the aptly named
Darkbloomz Productions and a Nabokov fan--edits a non-profit website
that aims to get more people to read more books. -- SES]
Right now we're trying to come up with works of fiction that illustrate
what's at stake in the debate over habeas corpus; ie, what are societies
like when the authorities can (or must) imprison citizens without
judicial review? Follow this link to read more:
http://americareads.blogspot.com/2006/03/whats-at-stake-with-habeas-corpus.html.
I'm offering a copy of The Body and the State: Habeas Corpus and
American Jurisprudence (SUNY Press, 2006) to the reader who comes up
with the best novel and EXPLANATION for its choice. Because some
readers have suggested books like Darkness at Noon and 1984, I wondered
if Invitation to a Beheading might also fit the bill.
See this link for fiction about jails without judges for some examples
of books already suggested:
http://americareads.blogspot.com/2006/04/update-fiction-about-jails-without.html.
If you have a title in mind, I'd love to hear from you. And please share
this email with colleagues who might be interested in the question.
Thank you.
Marshal Zeringue
http://americareads.blogspot.com/
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm