Graphic Law and Drawn Justice

Graphic Law and Drawn Justice

A Legal Analysis

Edited by Giuseppe Martinico & Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo

The book explores how comics, manga and animated series represent law, reflecting and shaping public perception. It uses a comparative international law approach, including diverse scholars, and extends beyond Anglo-American culture to enrich the legal debate. This innovative collection fills a critical gap in legal and cultural studies.

PDF, 250 Pages

ISBN:9781839993688

August 2025

£25.00, $35.00

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ISBN:9781839993671

August 2025

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About This Book

The approach of examining law through comics and other forms of popular culture has gained significant traction recently. The portrayal of phenomena in comics, TV series and movies reflects and shapes public perception, embedding these views in collective imagination. Popular culture, which mirrors and influences mainstream trends, plays a crucial role in how legal phenomena and figures – such as professors, students, lawyers, judges and police – are perceived by the public.
Comics are particularly effective in this context due to their popularity and imaginative nature. Legal reasoning itself often involves imaginative thinking, as illustrated by Justice Felix Frankfurter's advice to a young aspiring lawyer in 1954. He emphasised the importance of cultivating imagination through various forms of art, suggesting that engaging with pop culture can enrich legal understanding.
This collection seeks to utilise pop culture, specifically comics, to explain and teach complex legal concepts. This approach has been explored in fields such as law and film, and law and literature, but this book aims to be innovative by adopting a comparative and international approach.
By including scholars from diverse backgrounds and extending beyond Anglo-American perspectives, this book aims to provide a richer, more varied analysis of how law is depicted in graphic novels, manga and animated series, thereby filling an important gap in the literature.

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Giuseppe Martinico is a Full Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. 

Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo is Full Professor of International Law in the Department of Law of the University of Foggia, Italy, where he teaches international law, EU law, international trade law, private international law and international organisations law.

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