Introduction.Visualising Law and Authority&Leif Dablberg…………………………………… 13
PART 1.TOWARDS A LEGAL AESTHETICS 13
“Iconic” Texts of Law and Religion： A Tale of Two Decalogues&Martin A.Kayman 13
Law Suits： Clothing as the Image of Law&Gary W 23
PART 2.IMAGES OF LAW AND AUTHORITY 51
Law and the Equivocal Image： Sacred and Profane in Royal Portraiture&Paul Raffield 51
Mise en scene and subversion of political power through dance： Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet&Sidia Fiorato 74
Mapping the Law of Stockholm.Reading Old Maps of Stockholm as Representing and Constituting Judicial Space&Leif Dablberg 92
Mapping absence.Maps as meta-artistic discourse in literature&Elina Druker 114
Iconology of Law and Dis-Order in the Television Series Law ＆ Order Special Victims Unit&Chiara Battisti 126
PART 3.LAW AND AUTHORITY IN ART 141
Body Politics.Normative Gaze， Carnal Intimacy and Touching Pain in Vanessa Beecroft’s Art&Ari Hirvonen 141
Mirroring the Law： Michelangelo Pistoletto， Santiago Sierra， Tehching Hsieh， and Chantal Akerman&Christine Poggi 164
Body and Authority in Contemporary Art： Tehching Hsieh’s One-Year Performances&Max Liljefors 204
Global Panopticism.On the Eye of Power in Modern Surveillance Society and Post-Orwellian Self-Surveillance and Sousveillance- Strategies in Modern Art&Karen-Margrethe Simonsen 232
PART 4.THE AUTHORITY OF THE IMAGE IN LAW 253
Crime Evidence： ‘Simulacres et Simulations’， Photography as Forensic Evidence&Daniela Carpi 253
Constitutional Purgatory： Shades and Presences Inside the Courtroom&Richard K.Sherwin 266
List of Images 292
Name Index 299
Subject Index 302