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Hidden In Plain View: Legal Geography From A Visual Perspective, Irus Braverman
Hidden In Plain View: Legal Geography From A Visual Perspective, Irus Braverman
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Law, with a capital āLā at least, is not particularly fond of hiding itself. In order to be effective, law must be asserted in the world; it must be acknowledged; and, most importantly, it must be visually seen. Why, then, would law hide itself in space? And, perhaps more importantly, how would it do so? And why would such hidden places of law be of importance to us? This paper explores the dual project of seeing and concealing within the context of legal geography. It examines how law sees the physical landscape and how it is seen from a spatial ā¦