Haldar, Piyel (2011) Zoologian jurisprudence. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 24 (3), pp. 291-306. ISSN 0952-8059.
Abstract
This essay examines the iconography and role of animals in medieval and early modern bestiaries. In being without original sin “God’s creatures” were deemed proximate to divine perfection and to salvation. Animals, whether symbolic or actual, both instructed man’s moral behaviour and ushered man towards salvation. Bestiaries, it will be argued, are keys to understanding how modern law would eventually co-ordinate itself in relation to the concept of a future salvic moment.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Published online first |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Legal iconography, emblems, bestiary, salvation, ressentiment |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Law School |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2011 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:51 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/2111 |
Statistics
Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.
Archive Staff Only (login required)
