The law and Harry Potter / editado por Jeffrey E. Thomas, Franklin G. Snyder.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What role need law play in a society with magic? / John Gava & Jeannie Marie Paterson -- Bots and gemots : Anglo-Saxon legal references in Harry Potter / Susan P. Liemer -- Harry Potter and the half-crazed bureaucracy / Benjamin H. Barton -- Moral choice, wizardry, law, and liberty : a classical liberal reading of the role of law in the Harry Potter series / Andrew P. Morriss -- Harry Potter and the unforgivable curses / Aaron Schwabach -- Sirius Black : a case study in actual innocence / Geoffrey Christopher Rapp -- The persecution of Tom Riddle : a study in human rights law / Geoffrey R. Watson -- Punishment in the Harry Potter novels / Joel Fishman -- Hogwarts, the family, and the state : forging identity and virtue in Harry Potter / Danaya C. Wright -- Harry Potter and the development of moral judgment in children / Wendy N. Law & Anna K. Teller -- Harry Potter and the curse of difference / Benjanmin Loffredo -- When Harry met Martin : imagination, imagery, and the color line / Benjamin G. Davis -- Harry Potter and the image of God : how house-elves can help us to understand the dignity of the person / Alison McMorran Sulentic -- Economic growth in the Potterian economy / Avichai Snir & Daniel Levy -- The magic of money and banking / Eric J. Gouvin -- Gringotts : the role of banks in Harry Potter's wizarding world / Heidi Mandanis Schooner -- Harry Potter goes to law school / Lenora Ledwon -- Which spell : learning to think like a wizard / Mary Beth Beazley -- Harry Potter as client in a lawsuit : utilizing the archetypal hero's journey as part of case strategy / Ruth Anne Robbins -- Who wants to be a muggle? : the diminished legitimacy of law as magic / Mark Edwin Burge -- Agents of the good, servants of evil : Harry Potter and the law of agency / Daniel S. Kleinberger -- Professor Dumbledore's wisdom and advice / Darby Dickerson.