The Symbols of Government
E547626
The Symbols of Government is a seminal 1935 work by legal scholar Thurman Arnold that critiques how legal and political institutions rely on symbolic rituals and myths to maintain authority and social order.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Symbols of Government canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
legal scholarship work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
political science
ⓘ
sociology ⓘ |
| author | Thurman Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critiques |
formalism in law
ⓘ
myth of legal objectivity ⓘ overreliance on legal symbols ⓘ ritualistic aspects of government ⓘ |
| describes |
government as a system of symbols
ⓘ
law as a symbolic order ⓘ |
| examines |
discrepancy between legal ideals and practice
ⓘ
public faith in legal institutions ⓘ role of legal language as symbol ⓘ use of ceremony in government ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ideology of legal institutions
ⓘ
myths in politics ⓘ relationship between legal forms and social reality ⓘ role of symbols in maintaining authority ⓘ symbolic rituals in law ⓘ |
| genre |
legal theory
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ sociology of law ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
critical legal studies
ⓘ
legal realism ⓘ political science analyses of symbolism ⓘ sociology of law scholarship ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
authority
ⓘ
law ⓘ legal institutions ⓘ political institutions ⓘ politics ⓘ social order ⓘ symbolism in government ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of myths sustaining political authority
ⓘ
early systematic critique of legal symbolism ⓘ influence on mid-20th-century legal thought ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
institutional analysis
ⓘ
legal realism ⓘ symbolic analysis of law ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 20th century American government ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.