1st Edition
The Cabinet of Imaginary Laws
Prelude
Peter Goodrich & Thanos Zartaloudis
1. Ley Lines: The Imaginary Origins of the Common Law
Piyel Haldar
2. ‘A Quiet and Secret Place’ – An Enquiry on the Dreamer God, a God Without a Name
Pierre Legendre
3. Borges, The Keystone and the Legal Imagination
Tobias Smith
4. A Triptych of Lawlessness
Stephen Webster
5. When Dragons Did Rise
Christine F. Black
6. Doctorum agnomina: On the Satirical Laws of Academia
Valérie Hayaert
7. The Corbels Act
Jake Tilson
8. Report to the Treasurer of Injustice
Frederick Dolan
9. Ennomie
William Watkin
10. Twelve Theses on the Exorbitant Principle that a Lawyer Must Work for the Poor
Adam Gearey
11. Intha Gnalamum Poy Thaano – Imagining the Other in Contract
Swethaa Ballakrishnen
12. Ad Vitam Aeternam: a Legal Text That Remains Relevant
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
13. In Nomine Patris
Chiara Bottici
14. It is Forbidden to Sell Your Soul to the Devil
Tiziano Toracca
15. The Court of Monuments
Hayley Gibson
16. Lexicon Act 2020
Gary Watt
17. Carrier Bag Law
Bernard Keenan
18. An Act for the Installing of Circles
Linda Mills
19. Kαὶ μηδὲν μόριον ἀποκεκρύφθαι: The Bare Life of the Stoic Sage
Philip Mitsis
20. Move over, Felix: Addressing the impact of the domestic cat
James Attlee
21. The Proof of Judicial Omniscience Act (UK)
David Campbell
22. The Rule Book of a Dreamer
Niall Brooks
23. Freedom as Critique
Karsten Schubert
24. Breathing Law
Daniela Gandorfer
25. Untitled. Unreliable. Unconfirmed
Deepak Unnikrishnan
26. Legal Fictions – a Dialogue Imagining Law
Elizabeth Cowie
27. COIL
Justin Clemens
28. Waiting for Law – A Play In One Act
Stacy Douglas
29. The Protocol of Mobile Rooms
Aristide Antonas
30. Law No. 9321/2028 – Exceptional Regulations for Communal Living and Use on the Ground of Higher Order Natural Sites
Thanos Zartaloudis
31. A Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
Pierre Schlag
32. The Statute of Snouts – An Act for the Elongation of Noses
Peter Goodrich
33. Science and Scholarship Restoration Act
Bernhard Schlink
Biography
Peter Goodrich is Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and Visiting Professor in the School of Social Sciences at New York University, Abu Dhabi.
Thanos Zartaloudis is Reader in Legal History and Theory at Kent Law School and Visiting Professor at the Center of Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.
