Legal Emblems and the Art of Law: Obiter Depicta as the Vision of Governance

ISBN-13: 9781107546103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 307 str.

Peter Goodrich

Opis

This book is the first book to look closely and critically at the history of images of law.

Recenzje

'This study is not simply a book about legal emblems, but about the overall significance of a critical apprehension of the visible for the law. Dealing with the symbolic dimension as well as the imaginary representation of legality as part of the judicial process, Peter Goodrich surpasses well-known discussions about representational aspects … This book is a veritable treasure chest for all scholars who set about to unravel the visual regimes of the law.' Carolin Behrmann, Journal of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Obiter depicta as an element of law; 3. Devising law: a short history of legal emblems; 4. The sovereign likes to hide: visualizing hierarchy; 5. The foolosophy of justice and the enigma of law; 6. The hand of the law and its amputation; 7. Visibilities: persons, things, actions; 8. Conclusion: virtual laws.