Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture

by William MacNeil

Book Overview

This is a book about jurisprudence--or legal philosophy. The legal philosophical texts under consideration are--to say the least--unorthodox. Tolkien, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Legally Blonde, and others are referenced as instances of what the author calls lex populi--"pop law". Here, however, issues of legal philosophy are heavily coded, for few of these pop cultural texts announce themselves as expressly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804753679
• ISBN13: 9780804753678
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"