Exemplarity: Story, Time and Gesture of a Threshold

This article argues that normativity is like a threshold that separates norms and reality. Exemplary cases are this threshold, in action. The exemplary in law is the particular narrative (e.g. Obergefell, Brown, Google Spain) that gains the value of a model by happening in a specific time and by per...

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Published inLaw and literature Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 437 - 448
Main Author Condello, Angela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley Routledge 02.09.2018
Taylor & Francis, Ltd
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
action
Court decisions
Court records
exemplarity
gesture
Gestures
law
Narratives
normativity
Norms
phenomenology
Plot (Narrative)
Realism
Thresholds
Time
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Summary:This article argues that normativity is like a threshold that separates norms and reality. Exemplary cases are this threshold, in action. The exemplary in law is the particular narrative (e.g. Obergefell, Brown, Google Spain) that gains the value of a model by happening in a specific time and by performing a specific change of paradigm. The article proceeds through three steps: the story, its time, and the gesture that makes the story exemplary in relation to a specific time.
ISSN:1535-685X
1541-2601
DOI:10.1080/1535685X.2017.1379191