Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture

A Global Perspective

Peter Robson, Ferdinando Spina (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

358 Seiten

2024
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Verlag)
978-1-68393-356-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and the implications for the rule of law. The book is a transnational investigation across a range of eleven different jurisdictions, including accounts of the Anglophone world (Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States), European experiences (Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Portugal), and South American jurisdictions (Argentina and Brazil).

The essays, written by prominent international scholars in law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, present data, historical and recent examples of vigilantism; examine the national Laws and jurisprudence; and focus on the broad theme of vigilante justice in popular culture (literature, films, television).

Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture sheds light on this topic offering a detailed look beyond the Anglophone world. This collection will enrich the debate by adding the opportunity for comparison which has been largely lacking in scholarly debate. As such, it will appeal not only to scholars of law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, but also to all those who are engaged with these topics alike.

Peter Robson is professor of social welfare law at the University of Strathclyde. Ferdinando Spina is associate professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Salento.

Introduction: Vigilantism – an Overview

Peter Robson and Ferdinando Spina

Part I: The Anglophone World

1. American Vigilantism - Popular Justice and Popular Culture

Michael Asimow

2. Vigilantes, the Law and Popular Culture – The British Experience

Peter Robson

3. Vigilante Frontier Communities on Australian Screens: Bushrangers, Bikies, and Bogans

Lili Pâquet

4. Vigilante Justice in Canada

Rebecca Johnson

Part II: European Experiences

5. Vigilante Justice in Germany

Franziska Stürmer

6. Vigilantism – the Greek Approach

Nickos Myrtou and Stamatis Poulakidakos

7. Vigilantes, the Law and Popular Culture – The Italian Experience

Ferdinando Spina

8. The Punishing Hand of Vigilante Justice in Poland

Joanna Osiejewicz

9. Margins Without Justice: Revenge in João Canijo’s Portuguese Cinema

Júlia Garraio

Part III: A South American Perspective

10. “You Said Perpetual!” Approaches to Vigilantism in Argentine Culture

Sebastian Viqueira

11. Vigilante Justice and the Rule of Death: The Existential Threat to the State and Its People in Brazil

Pedro Fortes

Erscheinungsdatum	22.03.2024
Reihe/Serie	The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
Co-Autor	Michael Asimow, Pedro Fortes, Júlia Garraio
Verlagsort	Cranbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 227 mm
Gewicht	549 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-68393-356-7 / 1683933567
ISBN-13	978-1-68393-356-4 / 9781683933564
Zustand	Neuware