If you’ve ever wondered how privacy issues would be handled on Krypton with its x-ray vision, or whether the statute of limitations applies in cases of time travel or suspended animations, attorneys James Daily and Ryan Davidson have your answers.
Daily and Davidson (wouldn’t that make a great fictional law firm name?) say, “If there’s one thing comic book nerds like doing it’s over-thinking the smallest details. Here we turn our attention to the hypothetical legal ramifications of comic book tropes, characters, and powers. Just a few examples: Are mutants a protected class? Who foots the bill when a hero damages property while fighting a villain? What happens legally when a character comes back from the dead?”
My interest here: they’re teaching (and researching when needed) real law. They apply American legal principles and precedents; they only feature more interesting case studies than usual.
I hereby add them to my honor roll of unlikely superheroes: lawyers who can write. (Real English required.)
NPR “All Things Considered” story
Text © Gwyn Nichols 2011
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That is really neat! Thanks for sharing. I will have to check out Law and the Multiverse blog. I have a history/social studies teaching certificate. I love new ways to teach civics!
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And we thought law school admissions offices were already swamped. Wait until this idea spreads.
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