Documentary evidence as hegemonic reconstruction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4474299
AutoresLe Cheng (0000-0002-4423-8585, Zhejiang University, autor de correspondencia), Winnie Cheng (0000-0003-0709-0419, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Año2014
Volumen2014
Número200
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSemiotica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sem-2014-0009
OpenAlexW2137039986
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

The paper aims to explore documentary evidence in legal discourse from a socio-semiotic perspective and argues there is reconstructive and deconstructive nature in legal narratives and the hegemony in legal narratives can be regarded as conventional. Based on case studies relevant to Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance in Hong Kong, the paper finds that spatial manipulation and voice manipulation were employed as strategies by court to create legal hegemony in narratives. Unraveling such strategies helps to deconstruct legal hegemony. The paper concludes that documentary evidence is characterized by the essential features of a sign, which can be subject to the influence of spatial and temporal manipulations, because such kind of evidence is subject to multiple interpretations

Art · Epistemology · Hegemony · Linguistics · Narrative · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Semiotics · Sign (mathematics) · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Visual arts · Comparative and International Law Studies · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy