Legal Architecture

Legal Architecture addresses how the environment in which the trial takes place can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice; as it approaches the history of courthouse design as a reflection of the troubled history of notions of due process.

Informationen zum Autor Linda Mulcahy is a Professor in Law at the London School of Economics. Klappentext Legal Architecture addresses how the environment in which the trial takes place can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice; as it approaches the history of courthouse design as a reflection of the troubled history of notions of due process. Zusammenfassung Legal Architecture addresses how the environment in which the trial takes place can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice; as it approaches the history of courthouse design as a reflection of the troubled history of notions of due process. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Architects of Justice 2. An Ideal Type? Visions of the Courthouse Over Time 3. Segmentation and Segregation 4. Presumed Innocent? 5. Open Justice, the Dirty Public and the Press 6. The Heyday of Court Design? 7. Back to the Future: Is there Such a Thing as a Just Court? 8. The Dematerialization of the Courthouse

Autorentext

Linda Mulcahy is a Professor in Law at the London School of Economics.

Klappentext

Legal Architecture addresses how the environment in which the trial takes place can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice; as it approaches the history of courthouse design as a reflection of the troubled history of notions of due process.

Inhalt

1. Architects of Justice 2. An Ideal Type? Visions of the Courthouse Over Time 3. Segmentation and Segregation 4. Presumed Innocent? 5. Open Justice, the Dirty Public and the Press 6. The Heyday of Court Design? 7. Back to the Future: Is there Such a Thing as a Just Court? 8. The Dematerialization of the Courthouse