Game of Norms: Law, Interpretation, and the Realms in Game of Thrones

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In this paper I will use Game of Thrones (the TV series) and its oath of the Night’s Watch to discuss some basic questions related to the nature and functioning of law. This will serve a dual goal: assessing the concept of law used in the series (making the paper part of a long-thriving academic field, law and literature, or law and film), but, more importantly, also to present theoretical questions in a friendly way – something I also tested in introduction to law classes. It is not easy to draw students into discussing questions of the right interpretation or functionalist understandings, but by driving them to a friendly (if deadly) territory, one can engage with them and show how the discussion is intimately related to fundamental dilemmas of legal theory.
Original languageEnglish
Pages1-25
Number of pages25
Volume6
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameMTA Law Working Papers
ISSN (Print)2064-4515

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