Songs without music: aesthetic dimensions of law and justice
Auteur :
Manderson, Desmond
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520216884
Date de publication :
3 oct. 2000
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
635 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This analysis of the aesthetics of law argues that by treating a text, legal or otherwise, as if it were a sequence of logical propositions, readers miss its formal and symbolic meanings. Using music as a model the author shows that law is not a sterile, rational structure, but a cultural form.