Songs without music

"In this analysis of the aesthetics of law, historian, legal theorist, and musician Desmond Manderson argues that by treating a text, legal or otherwise, as if it were merely a sequence of logical propositions, readers miss its formal and symbolic meanings. Creatively using music as a model, he demonstrates that law is not a sterile, rational structure, but a cultural form to be valued and enhanced through rhetoric and metaphors, form, images, and symbols. The author further develops this argument by basing each chapter on a different musical form."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

2000

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

Editions

2

Pages

316

ISBN

9781282758735

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