Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2022
Disciplines
Fiction | Law
Abstract
Legal issues and lessons abound in superhero narratives. Caped heroes often act above and outside the law but deliver on law’s promises of justice and mercy in ways that ordinary legal actors cannot. Legal ethics, criminal law, and procedure are all on display. Superheroes supply a framework for examination of multiple legal issues and lessons, including what it means to be ethical (within the context of the rules of professional conduct and also in a broader sense) and how a legal life can be a virtuous one.
Publication Title
Nassau Academy of Law of the Nassau County Bar Association
Recommended Citation
Rick Collins, Chris DelliCarpini, & Thomas E. Simmons, With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Superheroes & the Law, Popcorn CLE Series, Nassau Academy of Law of the Nassau County Bar Ass’n (virtual) (Oct. 27, 2022)