UofL Libraries: Harry Potter & the Legal World: Popular Culture

Books & Articles

Several books, articles, and blogs have been written which consider the law within the fictional world of the Harry Potter series. These pieces consider how alternate systems of law have been created, or how real systems of law may be interpreted.

Introduction to Wizarding Law
A look at the laws and legal system of Harry Potter's world.
SSRN
Open access to social sciences research papers & presentations.
Harry Potter and the Law
This article by several law professors, including Brandeis School of Law's Professor Timothy Hall, explores various aspects of law & culture as seen in Harry Potter.

Lex Populi by William P. MacNeil
Call Number: K487.C8 M33 2007
ISBN: 0804753679
Publication Date: 2007
This is a book about jurisprudence--or legal philosophy. The legal philosophical texts under consideration are unorthodox, and include Harry Potter as instances of lex populi--"pop law". The texts are considered "jurisprudentially", with an eye to their hidden legal philosophical meanings.

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