Graphic Justice Intersections of Comics and La [Paperback]

The intersections of law and contemporary culture are vital for comprehending the meaning and significance of law in todays world. Far from being unsophisticated mass entertainment, comics and graphic fiction both imbue our contemporary culture, and are themselves imbued, with the concerns of law and justice. Accordingly, and spanning a wide variety of approaches and topics from an international array of contributors, Graphic Justice draws comics and graphic fiction into the range of critical resources available to the academic study of law. The first book to do this, Graphic Justicebroadens our understanding of law and justice as part of our human worlda world that is inhabited not simply by legal concepts and institutions alone, but also by narratives, stories, fantasies, images, and other cultural articulations of human meaning. Engaging with key legal issues (including copyright, education, legal ethics, biomedical regulation, and legal personhood) and exploring critical issues in criminal justice and perspectives on international rights, law and justiceall through engagement with comics and graphic fictionthe collection showcases the vast breadth of potential that the medium holds. Graphic Justicewill be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in: cultural legal studies; law and the image; law, narrative and literature; law and popular culture; cultural criminology; as well as cultural and comics studies more generally.

Introduction

Thomas Giddens

1 Lex Comica: On Comics and Legal Theory

Thomas Giddens

2 Holy Blurring of Core Copyright Principles, Batmobile!

3 Devils Advocate: Representation in Heroic Fiction, Daredeviland the Law