The Eye of the Law and the Scales of Justice: Law and Art in the Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal 1821-1917
(2024) In Immagini Diritto e Storia 1. p.379-395- Abstract (Swedish)
- The Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal in southern Sweden was established by King Charles XIV John in 1821. The iconography used during its period in Kristianstad, until it moved to Malmö in 1917, provides an excellent example of ‘power in images’, highlighting the transition from neoclassicism to national romanticism and finally modernity.
In the text, I discuss the choices of symbols that were made when the court was established, and how these choices developed and changed. I concentrate on poems, seals, uniforms, furniture and architecture that were associated with the court and that tell a story about the way the judges understood their roles. Not only metaphors as the ‘eye of the law’ and the symbol of Justitia with sword... (More) - The Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal in southern Sweden was established by King Charles XIV John in 1821. The iconography used during its period in Kristianstad, until it moved to Malmö in 1917, provides an excellent example of ‘power in images’, highlighting the transition from neoclassicism to national romanticism and finally modernity.
In the text, I discuss the choices of symbols that were made when the court was established, and how these choices developed and changed. I concentrate on poems, seals, uniforms, furniture and architecture that were associated with the court and that tell a story about the way the judges understood their roles. Not only metaphors as the ‘eye of the law’ and the symbol of Justitia with sword and scales are discussed, but also symbols of learning and prosperity. (Less)
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- Sunnqvist, Martin LU
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- publishing date
- 2024
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Legal history, Rättshistoria
- host publication
- Law and Art in the 19th Century: Power in Images
- series title
- Immagini Diritto e Storia
- editor
- Rossi, Giovanni and Schirò, Pietro
- volume
- 1
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Pacini Editore s.r.l.
- ISBN
- 978-88-3379-685-7
- language
- English
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- yes
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