Law and Humanities

Law and Humanities offers a broad overview of the connections between humanities topics and the legal system, including theology, popular music, television, comic books, and archaeology, among other subjects. - CHOICE This edited work fulfils a real and pressing need to provide an accessible, introductory but critical guide to law and humanities as a whole by exploring how each disciplinary 'law and' field has developed, contributes to further scrutinizing the content and role of law, and how it can contribute and be enriched by being understood within the law and humanities tradition as a whole. -- Midwest Law and Humanities names a vast and important area of inquiry that covers many academic disciplines and methodologies. Russell Sandberg and Daniel Newman have done a real service to the field by producing a comprehensive and accessible introduction. They have assembled a distinguished group of contributors and a wonderful collection of essays. I recommend this book highly. Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, Amherst College Law and Humanities provides a thorough and thoughtful overview of the study of law and. Each chapter fills in the blank with a different discipline, thereby introducing readers to the rich array of fields tended by scholars and the techniques they use to cultivate legal insights in unusual terrain. In the end, as the book shows, when the borders between them are suspended, both law and the humanities are transformed. Jennifer L. Culbert, Associate Professor, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

Daniel Newman is Reader in Law at Cardiff University. His research focuses on access to justice. Russell Sandberg is Professor of Law at Cardiff University. His research interrogates the interaction between law and humanities, with particular reference to law and religion and legal history.

Preface; List of Contributors; One Introducing Law and Humanities, Daniel Newman and Russell Sandberg; Two Law and Archaeology, Emma Nottingham; Three Law and Comics/Graphic Justice, Angus Nurse; Four Law and Film, Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn and Peter Robson; Five Law and Geography, Cristy Clark and John Page; Six Law and History, Russell Sandberg; Seven Law and Literature, Ian Ward; Eight Law and Philosophy, Daniel Newman; Nine Law and Popular Music, Robbie Sykes and Kieran Tranter; Ten Law and Religion, Russell Sandberg; Eleven Law and Television; Jennifer L. Schulz; Twelve Law and Theatre, Barbara Hughes-Moore; Thirteen Law and Theology, Norman Doe; Fourteen Law and Video Games, Ashley Pearson Fifteen Conclusion: Subverting the Law and Humanities Canon, Sara Ramshaw; Index