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Diversity and tolerance in socio-legal contexts : explorations in the semiotics of law / edited by Anne Wagner, Vijay K. Bhatia.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semiotics (Law).
- Law--Language.
- Law.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Semantics (Law).
- Toleration.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Discourse analysis--Social aspects.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of 'Diversity and Tolerance' - both oral and written - and how it might be clarified to avoid fear, and conflicts. It presents and examines recent research and theories at national level and on the international scene.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Table of Cases; Lists of Conventions, Legislation and Rules; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: The International Dual Nature of Law: Tolerance and Diversity; Part I The Semiotic Foundation of Diversity and Tolerance; 1 Tolerance, Pluralism and 'Fighting Faiths': Seeking the Sources of US Constitutional Meaning; 2 'When the Law Speaks': Acts of Intolerance, Threats to Group-Identity, and Confidence in Law and Rights
- 3 Mediated Semiosis in the Courtroom: Non-Verbal Communicators and the Usefulness of Audio Video Technology as a Tool by which to Oversee Justice 4 The Roma Way; 5 'Une Certaine Idée de l'Homme, une Certaine Idée de la France': the Rhetorical Construction of Tolerance in French Political Discourse; 6 Shifts in the Concept of War: New War Terminology and its Legal Consequences; Part II Case Analyses of Diversity and Tolerance; 7 Branding Barcelona: Semiotic Considerations in Contemporary Sovereignty; 8 Legality beyond the Scope of Policy
- 9 On Sight/On Site: Visuality in Native Title Claims: Can We Even Speak? 10 Race, Class and the Supreme Court: Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1973); 11 Legal Terms across Communities: Divergence behind Convergence in Law; 12 Women as Legal Subjects and Objects in Contemporary China; Conclusion: Researching "Exploration" in the Semiotics of the Law; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57770-4
- 1-317-14923-8
- 1-317-14922-X
- 1-282-09185-9
- 9786612091858
- 0-7546-9683-9
- 9781315577708
- OCLC:
- 434593938
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