The example of undressing: Obnubilations on the empty space of the rule

Peter Goodrich

doi:10.1080/1535685X.2017.1379178

The example of undressing: Obnubilations on the empty space of the rule

Peter Goodrich

Legal Studies

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Abstract

The legal example is used in large part to dress the rule. A naked norm, for common lawyers, is simply an abstraction, an umbrageous nebulosity that needs its particulars, its cases, to have meaning, impact and thought. Using the paradoxical example of nakedness the essay examines the inability of British and European courts candidly to address the undressed. Nakedness is here examined as an instance of undressing the law, of stripping and streaking the norm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	409-422
Number of pages	14
Journal	Law and Literature
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1535685X.2017.1379178
State	Published - Sep 2 2018

Keywords

Contempt of court
Example
Habitus and habit
Human rights
Limits of law
Public order
Rule
Stephen gough

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Law

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