Estetyka prawa: ekslibris prawniczy
Aesthetics of Law: Ex-Libris

Summary/Abstract: One of the most interesting steams of contemporary legal philosophy is the aesthetics of law. Within the framework of the study of the aesthetics of law, an external and internal approaches can be distinguished. Externally, the works of art which somehow relate to law are investigated, and therefore the legal ex-libris is an object of interest in this steam of the aesthetics of law.Ex-libris (a bookplate) is a mark of ownership of the book usually placed on the inside front cover of the book, which usually takes a graphic form being a small and beautiful piece of art. Therefore, ex-libris has a double function in a book - serves as a mark of ownership and as a decorative element.Lawyers have always treated books with a particular attention and created their own extremely rich law libraries, or often even broader libraries of humanities. Legal ex-librisis characterized on one hand by the fact that it belongs to a lawyer denoting books in his/her library, and on the other hand – as a consequence of his/her professional role – it very often refers in the symbolism to law and justice as well as their allegories and attributes, including very different, though often repeated, legal motives.

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