Imagining the Law: American Literature and Justice
A special issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2025 | Viewed by 410
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite articles and essays examining American literary texts (of any type, from novels and poems to graphic novels and popular music) that re-imagine American law for a Special Issue of Humanities. This Special Issue conceives of law broadly to include traditional legal personas, such as lawyers, judges, prison guards, and the police; legal topics, including the constitution, civil rights, contracts, discrimination, property, criminal law, etc.; and stories where legal discourse shapes people, communities, cases, and conflicts. Articles can explore how these texts represent, envision, comment on, criticize, or theorize any aspect of law. We are especially interested in articles that look at how artists and content creators from historically marginalized identities re-imagine the law.
Please send an abstract no longer than 250 words and a short bio-note by 31 May 2024 to: [email protected] or [email protected].
Prof. Dr. Richard Schur
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- law
- American literary texts
- justice
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