Simile or Metaphor? Is Trial Like Theater? Or is it Theater?
Seen as a swirl of activity, the performances taking place within a courtroom are much more complex than what is popularly thought of merely as the lawyers acting out roles, says Randy D. Gordon, the Office Managing Partner of the Dallas office of Duane Morris LLP.
March 21, 2021 at 07:16 PM
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Legal texts in the sense of statutes and case opinions are not the only subjects for interpretation in law. A trial is a sign-and-symbol stew in which texts are simultaneously presented, interpreted, created, narrated, reinterpreted, and ultimately judged. In previous installments, we discussed the many points of connection between theatrical and judicial spaces, and now it's time to consider the performances that take place within those spaces and how meaning is created within each.
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