The supervision of normality thrived under the joint shelter of medicine and law

Evidence

But the supervision of normality was firmly encased in a medicine or a psychiatry that provided it with a sort of ‘scientificity’; it was supported by a judicial apparatus which, directly or indirectly, gave it legal justification. Thus, in the shelter of these two considerable protectors, and, indeed, acting as a link between them, or a place of exchange, a carefully worked out technique for the supervision of norms has continued to develop right up to the present day. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 452

Categorization

• XREF: Medicine giving ‘scientificity’ and law giving ‘legal justification’ to the supervision of norms is exactly the mechanism the reader’s thesis needs: surveillance doesn’t require a watchman, it requires doctors and judges to legitimize watching. Extends to modern surveillance’s legitimation by medical/behavioral ‘science.’ — connects to: Regular medical examination reordered hospital authority and produced a new knowledge — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 285; Civilizing policies normalized the presence of subjects in a nation of citizens; Legal prohibition shifts normalcy even for those who still practice the behavior — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7963
• SEED: Article angle: how the pairing of medical authority and legal backing still legitimizes modern surveillance — from health-tracking apps to predictive policing, each borrowing ‘scientificity’ from one institution and legal cover from the other.

Related

• Regular medical examination reordered hospital authority and produced a new knowledge (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Legal prohibition shifts normalcy even for those who still practice the behavior #expands (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 7963
• Civilizing policies normalized the presence of subjects in a nation of citizens #exemplifies (0.72)