Law and the Image
Subtitle: The Authority of Art and the Aesthetics of Law
Contributors: Costas Douzinas (Editor); Lynda Nead (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: August 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780226569536
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Esthetics; Law (Specific Aspects); Philosophy; Art & Art Instruction; Art; History - General; Legal History; Law / Legal History; Aesthetics; General; Law and aesthetics; Law and art
First sentence: It would be a dangerous undertaking for persons trained only to the law to constitute themselves as final judges of the worth of pictorial illustrations outside of the narrowest and most obvious limits.