Law’s meaning requires participant-spectators whose presence makes its motion meaningful.
Evidence
Our teachers were wrong, captivated by a picture of a dancing class, ignoring the inseparable unribboning relationship between the motion that law must be and the participant-spectators whose presence makes the motion meaningful. In the work that preceded this Afterword, we follow the body of thought as we might that of a dancer. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 485
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 482; A group imagining actions shifts from spectator to potential doer — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 326; Legal meaning derives from practices of legitimation, not truth conditions. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 386 (+6 more)
Related
- A constitutional description’s static feel reflects the observer’s participation in an evolving process. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- A group imagining actions shifts from spectator to potential doer
#expands(0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 326 - Legal meaning derives from practices of legitimation, not truth conditions.
#corroborates(0.70) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 386 - Witnessing our reality is a fundamental human need.
#corroborates(0.60) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 642 - Historical actors were aware of theatrical representation’s layered meanings
#exemplifies(0.55) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 850