1.0NW Aalsthttps://nw-aalst.be/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hgiQmfccDt"><a href="https://nw-aalst.be/en/text/the-empire-of-law/">The Empire of Law</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nw-aalst.be/en/text/the-empire-of-law/embed/#?secret=hgiQmfccDt" width="600" height="338" title="“The Empire of Law” — NW Aalst" data-secret="hgiQmfccDt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://nw-aalst.be/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The Empire of Law is a critical visual analysis of the relation between law, justice and colonialism that deals with the Brussels Palace of Justice and its copy built in Lima, Peru, in the 1930s. Looking at the architecture, history and context of both buildings, it unveils the role of the legal system in the […]