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Architecture and Justice: Judicial Meanings in the Public Realm
Contributor(s): Simon, Jonathan (Author), Temple, Nicholas (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1138246484     ISBN-13: 9781138246485
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $65.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Reference
- Architecture | Adaptive Reuse & Renovation
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
Dewey: 720.1
Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.85" W x 9.69" L (1.16 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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Publisher Description:
Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of criminology, international law, philosophy and architectural history and theory, this book examines the interrelationships between architecture and justice, highlighting the provocative and curiously ambiguous juncture between the two. Illustrated by a range of disparate and diverse case studies, it draws out the formal language of justice, and extends the effects that architecture has on both the place of, and the individuals subject to, justice. With its multi-disciplinary perspective, the study serves as a platform on which to debate the relationships between the ceremonial, legalistic, administrative and penal aspects of justice, and the spaces that constitute their settings. The structure of the book develops from the particular to the universal, from local situations to the larger city, and thereby examines the role that architecture and urban space play in the deliberations of justice. At the same time, contributors to the volume remind us of the potential impact the built environment can have in undermining the proper juridical processes of a socio-political system. Hence, the book provides both wise counsel and warnings of the role of public/civic space in affirming our sense of a just or unjust society.
 
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