{"product_id":"lex-populi-william-p-macneil-9780804771719","title":"Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about jurisprudence--or legal philosophy. The legal philosophical texts under consideration are--to say the least--unorthodox. Tolkien, \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLegally Blonde\u003c\/i\u003e, and others are referenced as instances of what the author calls \u003ci\u003elex populi\u003c\/i\u003e--\"pop law\". Here, however, issues of legal philosophy are heavily coded, for few of these pop cultural texts announce themselves as expressly legal. \u003ci\u003eLex Populi\u003c\/i\u003e reads these texts \"jurisprudentially\", with an eye to their hidden legal philosophical meanings, enabling connections such as: Tolkien's Ring as Kelsen's \u003ci\u003egrundnorm\u003c\/i\u003e; vampire slaying as legal language's semiosis; and Hogwarts as substantively unjust. \u003ci\u003eLex Populi\u003c\/i\u003e attempts not only a jurisprudential reading of popular culture, but also a popular rereading of jurisprudence, removing it from the legal experts in order to restore it to the public at large: a \u003ci\u003elex populi\u003c\/i\u003e by and for the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William P. MacNeil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804771715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804771719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"William P. MacNeil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947221188863,"sku":"9780804771719","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_975055e2-095c-4d19-bcf1-ff64048fe100.jpg?v=1681517443","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lex-populi-william-p-macneil-9780804771719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}