Deacons
(2002) Deacons. Artichoke:pp. 49-55.
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Abstract
Archetypal images have played a long and significant role in how society views ‘the law’ and how the profession of law views itself. Think of some of the early television dramas such as ‘Perry Mason’ and of the use made of particular environmental elements such as rooms lined with imposing rows of legal encyclopaedias and furnished with solid oak desks, over-stuffed leather upholstered lounges (usually Chesterfields), dark window drapes, and oil paintings with ornately carved, gold leafed frames. There were also the characters playing lawyers or barristers dressed conservatively in dark suits or the court dress including the periwig; the latter of which received much criticism from Thomas Jefferson who wrote: "We must not have men sitting in judgment who look like mice peeping out of oakum". While these elements were intended to convey, among other things, wisdom, honour and integrity, they were also associated with not-so-respectable notions of self-indulgence, egotism, dourness, indifference and pomposity (or as Rumpole of the Bailey termed it "judgitis", the only cure for which was "banishment to the golf course").
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | 310000 Architecture, Urban Environment and Building 310000 Architecture, Urban Environment and Building > 310100 Architecture and Urban Environment > 310106 Interior and Environmental Design |
| ID Code: | 9105 |
| Deposited By: | Suresh, Mini |
| Deposited On: | 21 August 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.archmedia.com.au/artichoke/ |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2002 (please consult author) |
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