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READINGS - COURT ARCHITECTURE AND ART
This page lists important literature (with weblinks, where some have open access) at the intersection of law, justice, power, iconography, semiotics, and art and architecture of courthouses and courtrooms (within a broader research area of Law and Visual Cultures) from different methodological, disciplinary, theoretical, and identity perspectives across several jurisdictions.
Asia
2019: From the Colonial to the Contemporary: Images, Iconography, Memories, and Performances of Law in India’s High Courts by Rahela Khorakiwala
2017: Interpreting the Scales of Justice: Architecture, Symbolism and Semiotics of the Supreme Court of India by Shailesh Kumar
2015: Modern Chinese Court Buildings, Regime Legitimacy and the Public by Björn Ahl and Hendrik Tieben
North America
South America
Australia/ Oceania
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