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2 results foundAuthor: Smits, Jan Title: If You Shoot My Dog, I Ma Kill Yo' Cat: An Enquiry Into the Principles of Hip-Hop Law Summary: This article investigates how the law is perceived in hip-hop music. Lawyers solve concrete legal problems on basis of certain presuppositions about morality, legality and justice that are not always shared by non-lawyers. This is why a thriving part of academic scholarship deals with what we can learn about laymen’s perceptions of law from studying novels (law and literature) or other types of popular culture. This article offers an inventory and analysis of how the law is perceived in a representative sample of hip-hop lyrics from 5 US artists (Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Ludacris and Jay-Z) and 6 UK artists (Ms Dynamite, Dizzee Rascal, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and N-Dubz). After a methodological part, the article identifies four principles of hip-hop law. First, criminal justice is based on the age-old adage of an eye for an eye, reflecting the desire to retaliate proportionately. Second, self-justice and self-government reign supreme in a hip-hop version of the law: instead of waiting for a presumably inaccurate community response, it is allowed to take the law into one’s own hands. Third, there is an overriding obligation to respect others within the hip-hop community: any form of ‘dissing’ will be severely punished. Finally, the law is seen as an instrument to be used to one’s advantage where possible, and to be ignored if not useful. All four principles can be related to a view of the law as a way to survive in the urban jungle. Details: Maastricht, Netherlands: Maastricht University, 2012. 17p. Source: Working Paper Series: Internet Resource: Accessed October 22, 2012 at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2158178 Year: 2012 Country: International URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2158178 Shelf Number: 126781 Keywords: Law and Popular CultureMusic, Hip-HopPunishment |
Author: Papke, David Ray Title: Muted Message: Capital Punishment in the Hollywood Cinema Summary: Contemporary Hollywood films seem at first glance to be opposed to capital punishment. However, this article’s consideration of five surprisingly similar films (Dead Man Walking, The Chamber, Last Dance, True Crime, and The Life of David Gale) finds they do not truly and consistently condemn capital punishment. Instead of suggesting that the practice of capital punishment is fundamentally immoral and should in general be ended, the films champion only worthy individuals on death row and delight primarily in the personal growth of other characters who attempt to aid the condemned. In the end, Hollywood offers only a muted message regarding the on-going use of capital punishment. Details: Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Law School, 2012. 18p. Source: Marquette University Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper No. 12-25: Internet Resource: Accessed December 16, 2012 at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2179186 Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2179186 Shelf Number: 127224 Keywords: Capital PunishmentDeath PenaltyFilmLaw and Popular Culture |