Lying Down Together: Law, Metaphor, and Theology

by Milner S. Ball

Law is understood, interpreted, and practiced by metaphor. The presently dominant, conceptual metaphor for law is that "law is the bulwark of freedom." Milner S. Ball, in this experimental statement, invites the reader to consider an alternate metaphor: "law is a medium of human solidarity." A more humane metaphor for law, Ball's alternative connotes an open-ended conductor allowing for exchange and flow rather than the defensive wall or barrier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299104508
• ISBN13: 9780299104504
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"