Staging and the Imaginary Institution of the Judge |
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Authors: | Arnaud Lucien |
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Institution: | 1.Laboratoire Information, Milieux, Médias, Médiations,Université du Sud Toulon Var,La Garde Cedex,France |
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Abstract: | According to the classical paradigm of the judicial act, the courthouse is a temple and the hearing is a ceremony. Even when
secularized, justice rests upon a ritual and a ceremonial which confer on it both its sacredness and its authority. The origins
of this staging are rooted in myth, religion and cosmogony which stem from the mediation of symbols. Through this ornamentation,
the paternal figure is made present and guarantees, in a kind of irrational way, the authority of the institution. Since the
mid nineties, the judicial institution has been emancipated from its staging. The modern goals of functionality and transparency
of public services have progressively led to the abandoning of the sacredness of the judicial act, thus threatening its symbolic
function. The purpose of this contribution is to highlight, through a semiotic approach, the dialectic opposing modernity
and the authority of the judicial institution. |
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