Images in Law

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Anne Wagner, William Pencak
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - Law - 318 pages
Presenting perspectives on legal theory and practice, this volume examines how visual images of the law influence interpretation and execution of the law in ways not discernible from written texts.

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Contents

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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