25th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (IRSL 2025)! 7-9 May 2025!
Legal Evidence in the Age of Techno-Societies and Visual Jurisprudence
Location:
University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR), Faculty of Law – University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Our upcoming meeting, IRSL 2025 in Coimbra, is not only a tribute to this significant event and its remarkable legacy but also a proposal, nearly 40 years later, to systematically revisit the theme of Legal Evidence. As indicated by the conference title, our aim is to address the challenges posed by the markedly different practical and cultural context of today. This context will be explored through two primary dimensions ; i.e. :
1. Techno-Societies and Legal Evidence The first dimension, global in scope, focuses on the influence of techno-societies and the demands for congruence that are often imposed unilaterally by technological teleologism and social engineering projects (Hans Albert).
2. Visual Jurisprudence The second, more specific dimension, examines the importance of visual meaningmaking. It explores the new role of rhetoric and the evolving concept of textuality in light of the rapid expansion of “viserbal” (visual and verbal) communication and the “semiotic dance” of the video-sphere (Goodrich), which together have given rise to the emerging field of Visual Jurisprudence.
Abstract Submission:
Submit abstracts of up to 300 words by January 31st, 2025, to:
• J M Aroso Linhares ([email protected])
• Anne Wagner ([email protected])
Decisions on participation will be communicated by February 20th, 2025.
Registration Period: March 2nd to April 10th, 2025
Selected papers may be published in a special issue of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law or included in an edited volume: Law and Visual Jurisprudence series and/or Living Signs of Law series. The roundtable languages will be English and French.
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