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Visual Law

Colette R. Brunschwig

2010-05-14 16:01

Visual law (Visuelles Recht) constitutes a branch of multisensory law. In the German-speaking area, the terms "legal visualization" (Rechtsvisualisierung), "visual legal communication" (Visuelle Rechtskommunikation), and "image law" (Bilderrecht) are also used to describe this field of intense legal research and practice. Most of the key questions that multisensory law raises apply mutatis mutandis to visual law:

  1. What does the term "visual law" mean?
  2. What is the subject matter of visual law?
  3. What cognitive/epistemological interest does visual law have?
  4. In what way does visual law constitute a branch of multisensory law?
  5. In which cultural, economic, legal, political, social, and technical context is visual law embedded? How do these contexts interact with visual law and vice versa?
  6. What is the purpose of visual law?
  7. What are its theoretical foundations?
  8. What are the historical roots of visual law?
  9. Why does "visual law" lend itself as a term to this branch of multisensory law?
  10. What is the relationship of visual law with other established legal disciplines? That is to say, how could they benefit from visual law? In particular, what benefits does visual law have for legal actors and for laypersons?

You are kindly invited to submit critical reflections on these and other questions relevant to this branch of multisensory law. Contributions in different languages, such as English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish, are welcome.

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