Language of Law and Food: Metaphors of Recipes and Rules

This book explores the interdisciplinary relationship between law and food,using food metaphors to describe or identify rules,norms,or prescriptions of all kinds. It offers a fresh perspective on legal issues and challenges,bringing together metaphors and indirect correlations between law and food. The book is of interest to academics and researchers in law and food, law and language, and comparative legal studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into the intricate relationship between food metaphors and the law, offering a fresh and interdisciplinary perspective on how food-related topics can be employed to describe or identify rules, norms, or prescriptions of all kinds. The connections between law and food are as ancient as the concept of law itself, and numerous authors have creatively leveraged these links to convey specific aspects of legal phenomena. The language of food and cooking provides legal thinkers and educators with mouth-watering metaphors, comparing rules to recipes and their combination to culinary processes. This collection takes us on a journey far beyond their mere interaction, exploring diverse ways of using these two seemingly disparate elements to describe different phenomena of the legal reality.

The authors employ the link between food and law to describe various aspects of the legal landscape across different areas and jurisdictions. By bringing together metaphors and indirect correlations between law and food, the book explores innovative models of approaching legal issues and considering different legal challenges from a completely new perspective. This approach aligns with the multidisciplinary approach that drives comparative legal studies today, and to a certain extent, revisits and enriches it.

Contributions in both English and French make this book appealing to academics and researchers working in the fields of law and food, law and language, and comparative legal studies. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that will undoubtedly contribute to the ongoing discourse on the intersection of law and food.

Weight: 512g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367747954