Performing law : actors, affects, spaces /
The words 'all rise' announce the appearance of the judge in the thespian space of the courtroom and trigger the beginning of that play we call a trial. The symbolically staged enactment of conflict in the form of litigation is exemplary of legal action, its liturgical and real effects. It...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Law in context.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The words 'all rise' announce the appearance of the judge in the thespian space of the courtroom and trigger the beginning of that play we call a trial. The symbolically staged enactment of conflict in the form of litigation is exemplary of legal action, its liturgical and real effects. It establishes the roles and discourses, hierarchy and deference, atmospheres and affects that are to be taken up in the more general social stage of public life. Leading international scholars drawn from performance studies, theatre history, aesthetics, dance, film, history, and law provide critical analyses of the sites, dramas and stage directions to be found in the orchestration of the tragedies and comedies acted out in multiple forums of contemporary legality. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009674225 1009674226 9781009674195 1009674196 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009674195 |