Just Joking

Liam Ross

Just Joking

Edinburgh College of Art

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A joke can be a powerfully disruptive force - challenging the codes, protocols and norms on which any language is based. We could seemingly apply the same logic to the law, itself based on a series of codes, protocols and norms. But the law is notoriously unfunny. Is there such a thing as a legal joke? And if so, what could it produce - especially with regard the laws that govern our built environment? Put more simply; can jokes bring down buildings?

Original language	English
Article number	7.3
Pages (from-to)	134-137
Number of pages	4
Journal	Volume
Volume	38
Publication status	Published - 2013

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1 Exhibition
1 Doctoral Thesis

Standard Side Effects: On the accidental architectures of fire-safety legislation
Ross, L., 2019, (Unpublished)
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Venice Take Away: The British Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Bienalle / RIBA Ideas to Change British Architecture Season: British Standard Lagos Exception
Ross, L. & Onabolu, T., 2012
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

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Standard Side Effects: On the accidental architectures of fire-safety legislation

Venice Take Away: The British Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Bienalle / RIBA Ideas to Change British Architecture Season: British Standard Lagos Exception

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