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Zusatztext "Imagine a politically progressive, lawyerly, version of comedian and commentator Dennis Miller, steeped in the hippest post-modern theory, and you get some sense of the hyper-kinetic tone of William P. MacNeil's original, readable, and ebullient volume MacNeil does a fine job of demonstrating the pervasiveness of the law as a recurring (often implicit) theme unfolding across the pop culture landscape." Informationen zum Autor William P. MacNeil is Associate Professor of Law at Griffith University. Klappentext "MacNeil's work is essential to understanding the relationship between jurisprudence and popular culture. Lex Populi" offers a rich web of allusions to cultural theory and legal scholarshi, and witty readings of works of popular culture."--Desmond Manderson, McGill University"With wit and charm, William MacNeil has fashioned a compelling, insightful, and subtle account of law's relationship to popular culture. This scholarly and stylish work challenges the conventional separation of law from its popular representations, and traces their complex interconnection as we move from the age of law in the books to the era of law in" and as" the image."--Alison Young, University of Melbourne Zusammenfassung Deals with the topic of jurisprudence or legal philosophy. This title considers the legal philosophical texts that are - to say the least - unorthodox. It references "Tolkein", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Harry Potter", "Legally Blonde", and others as instances of what the author calls lex populi - 'pop law'.
