Graphic Justice : Intersections of Comics and Law (Hardcover)

Introduction Thomas Giddens 1 Lex Comica: On Comics and Legal Theory Thomas Giddens Part 1: Introducing Comics and Law 2 Holy Blurring of Core Copyright Principles, Batmobile! Kimberly Barker 3 Devil’s Advocate: Representation in Heroic Fiction, Daredevil and the Law Graham Ferris and Cleo Lunt 4 I am the Law Teacher!: An Experiential Approach using Judge Dredd to Teach Constitutional Law Richard Glancey 5 Not Foresighting and Not Answering: Using Graphic Fiction to Interrogate Social and Regulatory Issues in Biomedicine Shawn HE Harmon 6 Law and the Machine: Fluid and Mechanical Selfhood in The Ghost in the Shell Thomas Giddens Part 2: Graphic Criminology 7 When (Super)heroes Kill: Vigilantism and Deathworthiness in Justice League, Red Team, and the Christopher Dorner Killing Spree Nickie D Phillips and Staci Strobl 8 Extreme Restorative Justice: The Politics of Vigilantism in Vertigo’s 100 Bullets Angus Nurse 9 Violent Lives, Ending Violently? Justice, Violence and Ideology in Watchmen James Petty 10 Stepping off the Page: ‘British Batman’ as Legal Superhero Nic Groombridge Part 3: Graphic Justice International 11 The Hero We Need, Not the One We Deserve: Vigilantism and the State of Exception in Batman Incorporated Chris Comerford 12 Judge, Jury and Executioner: Judge Dredd, Drones, Jaques Derrida Chris Lloyd 13 Crimes against (Super)Humanity: Graphic Forms of Justice and Governance Chris Boge 14 Graphic Reporting: Human Rights Violations through the Lens of Graphic Novels Jeremie Gilbert and David Keane