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Legal proceedings are a seminal example of a cultural performance. For this case study I observed Murder trial proceedings at the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Taylor Square) - September 2004
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THFI 1002 READING PERFORMANCE LAURA GOODMAN PEFORMANCE ANALYSIS FIELWORK EXERCISE z3100656 DUE THUSDAY 16th SEPTEMBER WEEK 8 Legal proceedings are a seminal example of a cultural performance. For this case study I observed Murder trial proceedings at the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Taylor Square) - September 2004 The performance of a legal proceeding; its content, manner, actors, audience and setting, all reflect certain cultural and societal traditions evident in the practice of age old English tribunals from which the Australian legal system has derived. Yet, from an analysis of these various element one can recognize how this practice reflects the influenced (or lack there of) of many other societal values, religion, gender roles and modernity, on society as a whole. The content of the courtroom performance is based on legal documentation and practice, its roots deeply embedded in precedent and values imbued by the "rule of law". The script of the performance, being the...
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