![]() ![]() Roland Barthes is a French theorist (1915–1980) whose work discussed the sociology of signs, symbols and collective representations among other topics. Such sanctity was presumed at the moment of drafting and resumed further meaning and depth as the rule was implemented, transplanted, and developed. For example: the rule that forbids stealing infers an understanding of a given sanctity of property. This multi-layered nature is born at the moment of drafting or passing a judgement, and reconfigured through interpretation, application and even communication throughout the lifetime of the rule or the judgement. And like any other communicative system, law is also multi-layered. ![]() Human communication is multi-layered, as our language relies on complicated systems of signification for example uttering a given statement using specific terminology might indicate the ideological tendencies of the speaker. Myths of equality, from Bilal video clip, with permission from the owner. ![]()
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