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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807810303321

Autore

Mulcahy Linda <1962-, >

Titolo

Legal architecture : justice, due process and the place of law / / Linda Mulcahy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-86218-8

1-136-86219-6

1-283-04254-1

9786613042545

0-203-83624-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

347.42

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - England

Courthouses - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A GlassHouse book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and sources; Cases; Legislation; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Architects of justice; Chapter 2 An ideal type? Visions of the courthouse over time; Chapter 3 Segmentation and segregation; Chapter 4 Presumed innocent?; Chapter 5 Open justice, the dirty public and the press; Chapter 6 The heyday of court design?; Chapter 7 Back to the future: Is there such a thing as a just court?; Chapter 8 The dematerialisation of the courthouse; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Legal Architecture addresses how the environment of the trial can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice. It provides an alternative account of the trial, which charts the troubled history of notions of due process and participation. In contrast to visions of judicial space as neutral, Linda Mulcahy argues that understanding the factors that determine the internal design of the courthouse and courtroom are crucial to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the trial. Partitioning of the courtroom into zones and the restriction of movement wi