The Eyes of Justice

Blindfolds and Farsightedness, Vision and Blindness in the Aesthetics of the Law
2017
ISBN: 978-3-465-04265-5
Verlag: Vittorio Klostermann

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 412 Seiten, KART, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 660 g

Reihe: Schriftenreihe des Käte Hamburger Kollegs "Recht als Kultur"

Should Justice be blind or should she instead be capable of seeing everything, even the human heart? José M. González García examines how the iconography of Justice evolved over the course of history. Providing an overview of depictions of Justice in various ages and places, the book mainly focuses on “The Blindfold Dispute” that began to develop during Renaissance. While at first the blindfold was perceived as unjust, precisely because it denied Justice the ability to see everything, it transformed just a few years later into a positive symbol of the equality of all individuals before the law. And other depictions were added: supplementary eyes, transparent blindfolds, the double face of Janus, the returns of Astraea and the “Eye of the Law”. The book also analyses important historic moments in which the crisis of the Law went along with a search for new forms of representing the gaze of Justice, as reflections on the art of Dürer, Klimt and Kafka as well as recent developments in political philosophy show.

Zielgruppe

Rechtshistoriker, Kunsthistoriker, Rechtssoziologen, Historiker, Philosophen, Politologen

Autoren/Hrsg.

González García, José M.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

González García, José M.
José M. González García is Research Professor at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid. He is also Life Member of Clare Hall (University of Cambridge) and was Fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” (Bonn University).