TY - BOOK ID - 78532651 TI - Legal emblems and the art of law : obiter depicta as the vision of governance PY - 2015 SN - 1107502381 1139891642 1107500982 1107506395 1107516781 110749687X 110750368X 1139565788 9781107516786 9781139565783 9781461950998 1461950996 9781107035997 1107035996 9781107546103 1107546109 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Symbolism in law. KW - Emblem books. KW - Law and art. KW - Devices (Heraldry) KW - Emblems. KW - Illustrated books KW - Legal symbolism KW - Symbolism, Legal KW - Law KW - Heraldry KW - Signs and symbols KW - Symbolism KW - Arms, Coats of KW - Coats of arms KW - Devices KW - Heraldic devices KW - Printers' marks KW - Art KW - Art and law KW - Collectors and collecting KW - Law and legislation KW - Iconography KW - History of civilization KW - emblem books KW - symbols KW - emblems [allegorical pictures] KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532651 AB - The emblem book was invented by the humanist lawyer Andrea Alciato in 1531. The preponderance of juridical and normative themes, of images of rule and infraction, of obedience and error in the emblem books is critical to their purpose and interest. This book outlines the history of the emblem tradition as a juridical genre, along with the concept of, and training in, obiter depicta, in things seen along the way to judgment. It argues that these books depict norms and abuses in classically derived forms that become the visual standards of governance. Despite the plethora of vivid figures and virtual symbols that define and transmit law, contemporary lawyers are not trained in the critical apprehension of the visible. This book is the first to reconstruct the history of the emblem tradition, evidencing the extent to which a gallery of images of law already exists and structuring how the public realm is displayed, made present and viewed. ER -