
Law and Humanities Journal
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Peer-reviewed journal, providing a forum for scholarly discourse within the arts and humanities around the subject of law. Also @ law-and-humanities.bsky.social
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Can a work of literature also be a primary source of law? Yes, argues Arvind Thomas in his book 'Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law in the Late Middle Ages' Piers Plowman Society Piers Plowman reviewed for us by John C. Gooch, available now...👇doi.org/10.1080/175214…


ARTS REVIEW OUT NOW: Prof. Matt Dyson Matthew Dyson reviews 'Worth' currently on Netflix starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci; the story of what life is worth & how, "an avowedly capitalist country turned to state handouts" in response to 9/11: tinyurl.com/2uv25j49

What new insights do we gain re Kafka’s view of law, when The Trial is absent? All explored by the simply brilliant Lindsay Stern in a highly original forthcoming Law and Humanities Journal arts review. Looking forward to getting this online soon & in our forthcoming Kafka Special Issue.

Law & Humanities arts review opportunity for scholars, based in NYC, with interest in law & humanities lens on work of Jane Austen 👇 Pls contact our Arts Reviews editor Dr Elena Cooper

Who takes 'responsibility' when judges are called upon to apply an unjust law against people who, like Josef K., have done nothing wrong? NEW ARTICLE by Lukas van den Berge and Jeanne Gaakeer Erasmus School of Law reconsiders a Dutch legal scandal and #Kafka's The Trial doi.org/10.1080/175214…


ARTS REVIEW coming soon in Law and Humanities Journal: Emma Patchett on ‘Grenfell in Words of Survivors’ by Gillian Slovo National Theatre: ‘witness testimony … in theatre’ becomes ‘more powerful narrative’; ‘what these words can/should be used to do…to seek justice.’ tinyurl.com/5n7nn6pm

New article from Marett Leiboff and Sean Mulcahy uses theatrical jurisprudence to critique legal judgments on a man's claim to have been discriminated against by being refused entry into the 'Ladies Lounge' art installation in Tasmania: available here: doi.org/10.1080/175214…


“It’s a legal matter you see…” “The British Museum Act” “So then you know. Our board of trustees, their hands are tied. I mean it’s not pretty but it’s a finicky law.” But who is talking to whom? Find out Royal Court 👇new play by Joel Tan. Review online soon in Law and Humanities Journal

NEW ARTS REVIEW: “the most Kafkaesque achievement of this stellar exhibition is to keep its response to the qu of Kafka incomplete” Lindsay Stern reviews recent ‘Kafka: Making of an Icon’ exhibition The Morgan (originally Bodleian Libraries Barry Murnane): tinyurl.com/yc5s33wt


New Blog 👇 Arts reviews: 'an exciting strand of our dynamic interdisciplinary field' Matthew Dyson Dr Agata Fijalkowski Dr Sophie Doherty Paola Zichi Anat Rosenberg AliceDiver Emma Patchett Mary Liston Dr Kajsa Dinesson Lindsay Stern Joseph Owen Anat Rosenberg Royal Court Dr. Shailesh Kumar ( डॉ. शैलेश कुमार )

My 2 worlds - as CREATe academic & Law and Humanities Journal Arts Editor - connect in this blog 👇 Pleased to quote AIATSIS Glasgow Museums Hunterian Director Georgina Young in reflecting on new Royal Court play touching on qus to be debated by International Council of Museums (ICOM) this yr. Institute of Art & Law Alexander Herman

Blog by our Arts Editor: our journal "is created by its scholarly community as well as through relationships with gatekeepers in the cultural sector... which make our reviews possible" 👇 Lost Dog Fiona Hampton Kaja Chan emma + pj Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore Donmar Warehouse RoyalOperaHouse

NEW ARTS REVIEW: 'Performing Spacial Justice in the Shadow of Grenfell'. Dr Emma Patchett Emma Patchett delves deep into significance of testimony when brought into theatrical space: Gillian Slovo's National Theatre play 'Grenfell: in the Words of Survivors' shorturl.at/Q4BQx

CALL FOR REVIEWER(S): “After the Act”: ‘electrifying’ musical about s. 28 at Royal Court, London, 21 May-15 June; thanks to the Royal Court we have free ticket! Interested scholars from our Law and Humanities Journal community should contact Dr Elena Cooper by email tinyurl.com/2dt6npbc

New book on 'masterplots' in law, edited by Chris Bevan NUS and I. Thanks to all our lovely contributors (including Graeme Hayes, Ekaterina Yahyaoui Irish Centre for Human Rights, Rebecca Jane Probert), SLSA, and Colin Perrin Colin Perrin, Routledge Books, IALS, U. of London University of Southampton Law School


Exhibition now on: 'Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict', Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums , London (until Nov 2025). Anyone interested in reviewing this for Law and Humanities Journal should contact Dr Elena Cooper by email. tinyurl.com/4wtjay4d