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Contemporary issues of the semiotics of law : cultural and symbolic analyses of law in a global context /
The law is a symbolic construction and therefore rests on a variety of undertakings. What gives law its meaning is, for some, ideology, for others, the welfare of the majority. However, what is manifest is a conception of the law as a material structure that carries symbols of everyday life. The ana...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hart,
2005.
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| Colección: | Oñati international series in law and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The law is a symbolic construction and therefore rests on a variety of undertakings. What gives law its meaning is, for some, ideology, for others, the welfare of the majority. However, what is manifest is a conception of the law as a material structure that carries symbols of everyday life. The analyses that are made in the law and semiotics movements show that the laws symbolism cannot be understood by reference only to itself, a strictly legal meaning. It is a symbol that conveys life, a symbol that in itself is contaminated with life, politics, morality and so on. Law and Semiotics is an ob. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847312068 1847312063 9781841135458 1841135453 9781841135465 1841135461 9781472563439 1472563433 |