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"""A brilliant and groundbreaking book that will fundamentally reshape the way we think about the police, criminal procedure, and American freedom. Seo takes us from the Model T to the twenty-first century to show how policing cars, unexpectedly, made possible both the democratization of law enforcement and the systematic racialized policing of minorities."" -- ""Bernard E. Harcourt, author of The Counterrevolution"" ""A fascinating examination of how the automobile reconfigured American life, not just in terms of suburbanization and infrastructure but with regard to deeply ingrained notions of freedom and personal identity...This is what makes Seo's book so engrossing: it is filled with riveting, deeply researched accounts of interactions between drivers and cops back when the rules governing such incidents were still hazy."" -- ""New Yorker"" ""Sarah Seo makes the case that the 'law of the car' has eroded our rights to privacy and equal justice. Careful scholarship is rarely so absorbing and so essential."" -- ""Paul Butler, author of Chokehold"" ""With this sweeping, smart, and stimulating account, Seo has accomplished that most coveted of historian's aspirations: enabling her readers to see through a new lens not only the past but the present and future as well."" -- ""Risa Goluboff, author of Vagrant Nation"" [A] brilliant legal history...Reader-drivers beware: you'll never speed the same way again."" -- ""John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln's Code"""

[A] brilliant legal history...Reader-drivers beware: you'll never speed the same way again. -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln's Code With this sweeping, smart, and stimulating account, Seo has accomplished that most coveted of historian's aspirations: enabling her readers to see through a new lens not only the past but the present and future as well. -- Risa Goluboff, author of Vagrant Nation Sarah Seo makes the case that the 'law of the car' has eroded our rights to privacy and equal justice. Careful scholarship is rarely so absorbing and so essential. -- Paul Butler, author of Chokehold A fascinating examination of how the automobile reconfigured American life, not just in terms of suburbanization and infrastructure but with regard to deeply ingrained notions of freedom and personal identity...This is what makes Seo's book so engrossing: it is filled with riveting, deeply researched accounts of interactions between drivers and cops back when the rules governing such incidents were still hazy. -- New Yorker A brilliant and groundbreaking book that will fundamentally reshape the way we think about the police, criminal procedure, and American freedom. Seo takes us from the Model T to the twenty-first century to show how policing cars, unexpectedly, made possible both the democratization of law enforcement and the systematic racialized policing of minorities. -- Bernard E. Harcourt, author of The Counterrevolution

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Sarah A. Seo is associate professor of law at the University of Iowa, where she teaches criminal procedure and legal history. She clerked on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and on the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Nancy Wu has done voice-over animation and narrated audiobooks since 2004. A New York theater, TV, and film actor, she has won multiple Library Journal and AudioFile Earphones Awards, and recorded in studios all over the world-from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Narrating across genres, she is known for varied character voices and bringing stories vividly to life. Born and raised in West Virginia, she now makes her home in Boulder, Colorado, as an avid yoga practitioner and rock climber. Her television/film credits include the Law & Order franchise, All My Children, the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River, and the Nickelodeon series Three Delivery. She studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and holds a master's degree in human rights.

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