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The Law in Graphic Narratives : Legal Perspectives on Comics, Manga and Anime / ed. by Giuseppe Martinico, Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Law & Literature ; 25Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2025Description: 1 online resource (VI, 218 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111497402
  • 9783111499246
  • 9783111498683
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Studying Law Through Pop Culture -- Part I: On the Relationship Between Normative Systems -- Daredevil: Vigilantes, Villains, the Law, and Morality -- Divine or Human Justice? Law and Religion in Daredevil Comics -- Is Batman Above the Law? Law and Justice in the Batman Fictional Universe -- Part II: On the Role Played by Law and Lawyers in Different Legal Systems -- The Law According to She-Hulk -- From Civil Rights to Identity Politics? Law and Diversity in the X-Men -- Rebellion v Authority and Power: Suggestions from Manga -- Images of Law and Justice under Challenging Circumstances -- Part III: On the Role of International Law in the Comic (Multi-)Universe and in Japanese Animation -- “Listen Kid, we’re not fighting a war out there!” Bounty Hunters, Peacekeepers and Pirates in Porco Rosso: The Relevance of Private Companies in International Issues -- A Super International Law -- International Superheroes Law -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Index
Summary: Comics, manga and anime can offer an interesting perspective from which to explore representations of the law in popular culture. This book offers a better understanding of the juridical subtexts of such cultural artefacts by bringing together scholars in legal theory and comparative and international law. While the contributions in the first part of the volume unpack the relationships between normative systems (law and morality above all) in graphic narratives by Marvel (Daredevil) and DC heroes (Batman), the second part of the volume looks at the role played by law and lawyers in different legal systems through case studies such as She Hulk. Finally, the last part focusses on the role of international law in the comic (multi)universe and in Japanese animation movies such as Porco rosso). This collection extends research into comics beyond Anglo-American culture, which is still hegemonic in this literature, and makes it possible to read the legal phenomena dealt with in the pop culture products analysed through a lens other than that of Anglo-American law.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Studying Law Through Pop Culture -- Part I: On the Relationship Between Normative Systems -- Daredevil: Vigilantes, Villains, the Law, and Morality -- Divine or Human Justice? Law and Religion in Daredevil Comics -- Is Batman Above the Law? Law and Justice in the Batman Fictional Universe -- Part II: On the Role Played by Law and Lawyers in Different Legal Systems -- The Law According to She-Hulk -- From Civil Rights to Identity Politics? Law and Diversity in the X-Men -- Rebellion v Authority and Power: Suggestions from Manga -- Images of Law and Justice under Challenging Circumstances -- Part III: On the Role of International Law in the Comic (Multi-)Universe and in Japanese Animation -- “Listen Kid, we’re not fighting a war out there!” Bounty Hunters, Peacekeepers and Pirates in Porco Rosso: The Relevance of Private Companies in International Issues -- A Super International Law -- International Superheroes Law -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Index

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Comics, manga and anime can offer an interesting perspective from which to explore representations of the law in popular culture. This book offers a better understanding of the juridical subtexts of such cultural artefacts by bringing together scholars in legal theory and comparative and international law. While the contributions in the first part of the volume unpack the relationships between normative systems (law and morality above all) in graphic narratives by Marvel (Daredevil) and DC heroes (Batman), the second part of the volume looks at the role played by law and lawyers in different legal systems through case studies such as She Hulk. Finally, the last part focusses on the role of international law in the comic (multi)universe and in Japanese animation movies such as Porco rosso). This collection extends research into comics beyond Anglo-American culture, which is still hegemonic in this literature, and makes it possible to read the legal phenomena dealt with in the pop culture products analysed through a lens other than that of Anglo-American law.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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