6. Critically Blonde: Law School as Training for Hersteria

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. The Cultural Lives of Law iii
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: Toward an Intertextual Jurisprudence 1
7. 1. Kidlit as Law ’n Lit: Harry Potter and the Scales of Justice 11
8. 2. You Slay Me! Buffy as Jurisprude of Desire 28
9. 3. “The First Rule of Fight Club Is—You Do Not Talk About Fight Club!” The Perverse Core of Legal Positivism 44
10. 4. One Recht to Rule Them All! Law’s Empire in the Age of Empire 61
11. 5. Precrime Never Pays! Law and Economics in Minority Report 80
12. 6. Critically Blonde: Law School as Training for Hersteria 97
13. 7. “It’s the Vibe!” The Common Law Imaginary Down Under 116
14. 8. Million Dollar Terri: “The Culture of Life” and the Right to Die 132
15. Conclusion: Whither Lex Populi? A Law by and for the People 155
16. Notes 161
17. References 207
18. Index 233