Graphic justice : intersections of Comics and Law / edited by Thomas Giddens.

"Establishing the medium of graphic fiction as a critical resource for interdisciplinary legal studies, this collection is the first to address the intersection of comics and law. Graphic fiction has gained enormous cultural capital and academic interest over recent years. Comics-inspired films fill...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Giddens, Thomas (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Subjects:
Law and literature.
Justice in comic books, strips, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Lex comica: on comics and legal theory / Thomas Giddens
  • Holy blurring of core copyright principles, Batmobile! / Kim Barker
  • Devil's advocate: representation in heroic fiction, Daredevil and the law / Graham Ferris and Cleo Lunt
  • I am the law teacher!: an experiential approach using Judge Dredd to teach constitutional law / Richard Glancey
  • Not foresighting, not answering: using graphic fiction to interrogate social and regulatory issues in biomedicine / Shawn He Harmon
  • Law and the machine: fluid and mechanical selfhood in the Ghost in the shell / Thomas Giddens
  • When (super)heroes kill: vigilantism and deathworthiness in Justice League, Red team, and the Christopher Dorner killing spree / Nickie D. Phillips and Staci Strobl
  • Extreme restorative justice: the politics of vigilantism in Vertigo's 100 bullets / Angus Nurse
  • Violent lives, ending violently?: justice, ideology and spectatorship in Watchmen / James Petty
  • Stepping off the page: "British Batman" as legal superhero / Nic Groombridge
  • The hero we need, not the one we deserve: vigilantism and the state of exception in Batman Incorporated / Chris Comerford
  • Judge, jury and executioner: Judge Dredd, Jacques Derrida, drones / Chris Lloyd
  • Crimes against (super)humanity: graphic forms of justice and governance / Chris Boge
  • Graphic reporting: human rights violations through the lens of graphic novels / Jérémie Gilbert and David Keane.