ABSTRACT
Law moves, whether we notice it or not. In this chapter, I explore how law moves, and why it matters. Theoretically, movement is often overlooked or, if not, placed as simply a consequence. Yet, as this chapter shows, movement is far from a consequence of law, but rather, it is how law is: a mode of existence. However, the difficulty is one of perception: of noticing movement. This is not just a problem in the context of law. Consider glass. Glass is amorphous, which means it is a solid but without a crystalline structure, and therefore it still has a fluidity: it moves. In this sense, glass can be understood as a material mixture of space and time which moves, dripping in its material form while appearing still, translucent, understandable. Likewise, law drips. Despite often-repeated conceits of legal stability captured in concepts such as sovereignty and territory, and concomitant perceptions of solidity, certainty and stability, law moves amorphously in both space and time, and does so in material forms. Taking walking as an example of how law moves, this chapter argues that taking movement seriously deepens our understanding of the space, time and place of law. It also opens up as yet unexplored legal possibilities.
