... Globalisation and Legal TheoryTwining: Rethinking EvidenceTwining & Miers: How to Do Things with RulesWard: A Critical Introduction to European LawWard: Shakespeare and Legal ImaginationZander: Cases ... PauloCambridge University PressThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UKFirst published in print formatISBN-13 978-0-521-68307-4ISBN-13 978-0-511-34870-9© Marie-Benedicte Dembour 20062006Information ... ConventionGiventhatthecasesIdiscussinthebookaremerelyillustrative,thereisastrongelementoffortuityinthewaythefive‘criticallight’chaptersareassembled.Theimageofthekaleidoscopecomestomindinthatitpointstoaninfinitenumberofcombinationsofeithertheoreticalorempiricalelements,orboth.IneachchapteritisasifIhadcollectedpiecesofcaselaw,shakenthem,andobservedtheresultingcombination–ifnotexactlysymmetry–inthemirror(orlight)ofaparticulartheory.Icouldhaverepeatedtheexerciseoverandoveragain,adinfinitum,eitherwiththesameorwithslightlydifferentmaterial(caselaw)ormirrors(critiques).30Eachtimetheresultwouldhavebeendifferentbut,Iwouldargue,nolesscompelling.Theimageofthekaleidoscopedrawsattentiontothewayoursensesconstructpatternswhichdonot‘really’existexceptthroughtheartificeofreflection(theory).ItcouldbesaidthatIofferakaleidoscopicreadingoftheConvention,i.e.onegeneratingarrangementswhichare,ifnotaestheticallypleasing,atleastdeceptivelyattractiveintheirsimplicityand(imposed)regularity.AfriendwhoreadChapter3wasnotdeceived.Sheremarked,disapprovingly,thatitwasasthough...