Diversity and tolerance in socio-legal contexts : explorations in the semiotics of law /: explorations in the semiotics of law. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anne Wagner, Vijay K. Bhatia.
• Other Names: Wagner, Anne, 1968-; Bhatia, V. K (Vijay Kumar), 1942-
• Contents: Tolerance, pluralism and 'fighting faiths' : seeking the sources of US Constitutional meaning / Frederick P. Lewis -- When the law speaks : acts of intolerance, threats to group-identity, and confidence in law and rights / Ira L. Strauber -- Mediated semiosis in the courtroom : non-verbal communicators and the usefulness of audio video technology as a tool by which to oversee justice / Isabell Petrinic -- The Roma way / István H. Szilágyi -- 'Une certaine idée de l'homme, une certaine idée de la France' : the rhetorical construction of tolerance in French political discourse / Pamela Hobbs -- Shifts in the concept of war : new war terminology and its legal consequences / Hanneke van Schooten -- Branding Barcelona : semiotic considerations in contemporary sovereignty / John Brigham -- Legality beyond the scope of policy / Sarah Marusek -- On sight/on site : visuality in Native title claims : can we even speak? / Tracey Summerfield and Alec McHoul -- Race, class and the Supreme Court : Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1973) / William Pencak -- Legal terms across communities : divergence behind convergence in law / Le Cheng, King Kui Sin -- Women as legal subjects and objects in contemporary China / Deborah Cao.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Subjects: 340/.14; Semiotics (Law); Law -- Language; Law -- Philosophy; Semantics (Law); Toleration; Cultural pluralism; Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317149224
• Related ISBNs: 131714922X
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