Diversity and Tolerance in Socio-legal Contexts : Explorations in the Semiotics of Law (Hardcover)

Introduction The International Dual Nature of Law: Tolerance and Diversity, Anne Wagner, Vijay K. Bhatia; Part I The Semiotic Foundation of Diversity and Tolerance; Chapter 1 Tolerance, Pluralism and ‘Fighting Faiths’: Seeking the Sources of US Constitutional Meaning, Frederick P. Lewis; Chapter 2 ‘When the Law Speaks’: Acts of Intolerance, Threats to Group-Identity, and Confidence in Law and Rights, Ira L. Strauber; Chapter 3 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; Chapter 4 1An earlier version of this chapter appeared in 2005; see . In the English translation Emese Gal and Andrea Feny?di helped me., Istvan H. Szilagyi; Chapter 5 ‘Une Certaine Idee de l’Homme, une Certaine Idee de la France’: the Rhetorical Construction of Tolerance in French Political Discourse, Pamela Hobbs; Chapter 6 Shifts in the Concept of War: New War Terminology and its Legal Consequences, Hanneke van Schooten; Part II Case Analyses of Diversity and Tolerance; Chapter 7 1My debt and gratitude for being supported in thinking on this subject are many but Part Icular mention should be made of Christine B. Harrington (New York University), Clara Velasco Rico (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Ira Strauber (Grinnell College) and Richard Mohr (University of Wollongong); all members of the 5th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law, ‘Law, Tolerance and Diversity’, 17?20 May 2006, Boulogne sur Mer (France), Convenor: Anne Wagner., John Brigham; Chapter 8 Legality beyond the scope of Policy, Sarah Marusek; Chapter 9 On Sight/On Site: Visuality in Native Title Claims: Can We Even Speak?, Tracey Summerfield, Alec McHoul; Chapter 10 Race, Class and the Supreme Court: Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1973), William Pencak; Chapter 11 Legal Terms across Communities: Divergence behind Convergence in Law, Le Cheng, King Kui Sin; Chapter 12 Women as Legal subject