1st Edition

Popular Culture and Legal Pluralism Narrative as Law

By Wendy A Adams Copyright 2017
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing upon theories of critical legal pluralism and psychological theories of narrative identity, this book argues for an understanding of popular culture as legal authority, unmediated by translation into state law. In narrating our identities, we draw upon collective cultural narratives, and our narrative/nomos obligational selves become the nexus for law and popular culture as mutually... Read more

1. Introduction



2. A framework for Re-imagining Law



3. Legal Pluralism as Capacity and Result



4. Obligation and Identity



5. Resistance has Rules



6. Conclusion



References



Index

Biography

Wendy A Adams is Associate Professor of Law, McGill University, Canada. Her research interests are in the areas of legal pluralism, law and popular culture, commodification, and human-animal studies. She has published on these and related topics.