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Zusatztext 'This book might at first appear to interest only a specialized readership: those involved in the justice system or in the design of justice facilities like courthouses and prisons. But the book deserves a much broader audience! raising issues that should engage anyone who cares about politics and the public realm.' Journal of Architectural Education Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Simon! Boalt Hall School of Law! University of California! Berkeley! USA; Nicholas Temple! School of Art! Design and Architecture! University of Huddersfield! UK; Renée Tobe! School of Architecture! Computing and Engineering! University of East London! UK. Klappentext Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of criminology! international law! philosophy and architectural history and theory! this book examines the interrelationships between architecture and justice! highlighting the provocative and curiously ambiguous juncture between the two. With its multi-disciplinary perspective. Zusammenfassung Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of criminology, international law, philosophy and architectural history and theory, this book examines the interrelationships between architecture and justice, highlighting the provocative and curiously ambiguous juncture between the two. With its multi-disciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables, Notes on Contributors, Foreword by Baroness Vivien Stern, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part 1. Prisons and Prison Cells, 1. The Aesthetics and Anaesthetics of Prison Architecture, 2. Architecture and Contested Space in the Development of the Modern Prison, 3. A Simple Idea in Architecture: On the Principles of Projecting Prisons, 4. The Watchman in the Vineyard: Historical Traces of Judicial and Punitive Practices in Lincoln, Part 2. Courthouses and Courtrooms, 5. Back to the Future? The Challenge of the Past for Courthouses of Tomorrow, 6. Lecture Theatre: Echoes of the Palais de Justice in Legal Education, 7. Virtual Courts and Putting ‘Summary’ back into ‘Summary Justice’: Merely Brief, or Unjust?, 8. Constitution Hill: Just Space or Space of Justice?, 9. The Architecture and Operation of the Imperial Chinese Yamen, Part 3. Civic and Societal Order, 10. Violent Stone: The City of Dialectical Justice – Three Tales from Court, 11. The Spatial Registers of Justice, 12. Gimme Shelter: Mass Incarceration and the Criminology of the Housing Boom, 13. Drawing Conclusions: Fort Rupert, British Columbia in 1863, 14. Repurposing With A Vengeance: A Dance of Restrained Acts Towards Justice, Part 4. Philosophical Questions of Propriety, 15. Architecture, Justice, Conflict, Measure, 16. Politik? Aret?: Or the Origins of Civic Justice, 17. Ensemble Performances: Architects and Justice in Athenian Drama, 18. The Architecture of Lincoln Cathedral and the Institution of Justice, 19. Politics and Architecture, Index...
