Images in Law

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William Pencak, Ms Anne Wagner
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 28 ian. 2013 - 328 pagini

What does 'the law' look like? While numerous attempts have been made to examine law and legal action in terms of its language, little has yet been written that considers how visual images of the law influence its interpretation and execution in ways not discernible from written texts.

This groundbreaking collection focuses on images in law, featuring contributions that show and discuss the perception of the legal universe on a theoretical basis or when dealing with visual semiotics (dress, ceremony, technology, etc.). It also examines 'language in action', analyzing jury instructions, police directives, and how imagery is used in conjunction with contentious social and political issues within a country, such as the image of family in Ireland or the image of racism in France.

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Cuprins

A Note on Imperial Machines and Bodies
11
Key Words in Chinese Law
35
Failed
51
The Drama of the Courtroom
71
Digital Visual and Multimedia Software and the Reshaping
89
A Las Meninas for the Law
117
Raising Basic Awareness about
143
The Conflict
159
An Analysis
175
The Grammar of Physical Control
205
A Slightly Constitutional Arrangement
229
Images of Racial Discrimination in France
255
Bibliography
281
Index
307
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Despre autor (2013)

Anne Wagner, is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics., Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France. She is the President of the International Roundtables for the Semiotics of Law and board member of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (Springer). Her main research interests include legal language, law and semiotics, contemporary legal theory, law and literature. She is one of the co-editors of Contemporary Issues of the Semiotics of Law (2005, Hart Publishing, London), and editors of special issues published in the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. She has also published extensively on these issues in a variety of scholarly venues.

William Pencak is Professor of History at Penn State University, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in New York City in 1978. Although his major field is early United States history, he has written extensively on semiotics and served as President of the Semiotic Society of America in 2000-2001.

William Pencak, Anne Wagner, Ronnie Lippens, Wouter G. Werner, Deborah Cao, Shaeda Isani, Annabelle Mooney, Neal Feigenson, Christina Spiesel, Nicola M. Langton, Philip Gaines, Paul Robertshaw, Phillip C.H. Shon, Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy, Robert A. Yelle.

Informații bibliografice

TitluImages in Law
EditoriWilliam Pencak, Ms Anne Wagner
Edițierevizuită
EditorAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2013
ISBN1409493245, 9781409493242
Lungime328 pagini
  
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