Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 222 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783111286778
,
9783111287768
Serie:
Law & Literature 24
Originaltitel:
Diritto e comicità
Inhalt:
Despite their inherent seriousness, the law and those who practice it, be it lawyers, judges, politicians, or bureaucrats, are amongst the most popular objects of comedy and humour. Sometimes even the mention of the law, or the mere use of legal vocabulary, can trigger laughter. This is deeply counterintuitive, but true across cultures and historical eras: while the law is there to prevent and remedy injustice, it often ends up becoming the butt of comedy. But laughter and comedy, too, are also infused with seriousness: as universal social phenomena, they are extremely complex objects of study. This book maps out the many intersections of the law and laughter, from classical Greece to the present day. Taking on well-known classical and modern works of literature and visual culture, from Aristophanes to Laurel and Hardy and from Nietzsche to Totò and Fernandel, laughter and comedy bring law back to the complexity of human soul and the unpredictability of life
Anmerkung:
In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783111285399
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Carbone, Paola The law and comedy Berlin : De Gruyter, 2023 ISBN 9783111285399
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 3111285391
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Komödie
;
Comedy
;
Recht
;
Rechtsphilosophie
DOI:
10.1515/9783111286778
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