International Legal Sightseeing

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Abstract

The phenomenon ‘international legal sightseeing’ denotes what we call the eventisation of international law. We have become interested in how international law presents itself to ‘the public’, and in turn in what that public shows up for. We are struck by the participation of international courts and institutions in cultural activities and specifically in the presentation of international law’s institutional buildings as tourist attractions in their cities of residence. And we want to understand how international legal sightseeing fits with a managerial turn observed in law where justice becomes a product, citizens become consumers, and demands of transparency, accessibility and openness are translated into ‘logos, slogans, tags and mission and vision statements’. International legal sightseeing as a distinctive phenomenon arises out of an exchange between audience and institution. We inquire into three components of this exchange: the spectacular, the everyday and the encounter.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages1
JournalJournal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Volume2018
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2018

Bibliographical note

The 'Journal of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies' is an independent journal published in e-format by the doctoral students of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS) of the University of Oxford.

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