The Bibliographic Layer - What ISBNs and Similar Codes ""Are"" in Official Registry Systems

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Jolly D Roger

The Bibliographic Layer - What ISBNs and Similar Codes ""Are"" in Official Registry Systems

Jolly D Roger

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Port of Dutycrime Magazine80806duty / Accountability Pillar
31 October 2025

The Arts: General & Reference; Teaching of a specific subject; Computer programming & software development; Educational: Sciences, general science

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Every book, treaty, and patent hides a secret identity: the bibliographic code.

The Bibliographic Layer unveils how ISBNs, ISSNs, and registry identifiers aren't mere catalog numbers - they are legal constructs of existence. Michael-Laurence Curzi reveals how registry codes function as jurisdictional ""DNA,"" silently conferring rights, ownership, and authority across sovereign and digital systems.

Through gripping real-world filings and cryptographic analysis, Curzi shows how metadata itself has become the new law - a bibliographic bureaucracy where every number is a legal act and every registry a stage for power.

This is the first book to trace the arc from ISBN to sovereignty - from the printed page to the coded treaty - a work that will electrify lawyers, librarians, technologists, and philosophers a

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By: Jolly D Roger
Imprint: Port of Dutycrime Magazine80806duty / Accountability Pillar
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 830g
ISBN: 9798349656729
Pages: 812
Publication Date: 31 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active