Genealogies of Legal Vision

Peter Goodrich is Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and Director of the Program in Law and Humanities and is author of Legal Emblems and the Art of Law (2013). Valérie Hayaert is a researcher at the Fondation Bodmer, Cologny, Geneva and author of Mens emblematica et humanisme juridique (2008).

Introduction: The Emblematic Cube, Peter Goodrich And Valérie Hayaert, 1 The Gordian Knot Of Emblemata: From The Labyrinthus Absconditus To The Affirmation Of The Prisca Jurisprudentia, Valérie Hayaert; 2 The Evidence Of Things Not Seen, Peter Goodrich; 3. Metamorphosis, Mythography, And The Nature Of English Law, Paul Raffield; 4 Confessio Infirmitatis, Or: A Productive Digression Put To Good Use In Legal Affairs, Anselm Haverkamp; 5 The Heart And The Law In The Scales: Allegorical Discourse And Modes Of Subjectivization In Early-Modern Religious Emblematics, Agnès Guiderdoni; 6 From Pornograhy To Moral Didactism: How The French Play With Emblems, Christian Biet; 7 The Tongue And The Eye: Eloquence And Office In Renaissance Emblems, Piyel Haldar; 8 Don’t Screw With The Law: Visual And Spatial Defences Against Judicial And Political Corruption In Renaissance Italy, Alick Mclean; 9 Epistemological Doubt And Visual Puzzles Of Sight, Knowledge, And Judgment: Reflections On Clear-Sighted And Blindfolded Justices, Judith Resnik And Denis Curtis; 10 Crime Shows: CSI In Habsburg Spain, Bill Egginton