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Authors: Robert H. Chaires (Editor), Bradley Chilton
ISBN-13: 9780966808025, ISBN-10: 0966808029
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: First Edition

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Author Biography: Robert H. Chaires

Book Synopsis

Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice weds popular media with academic inquiry, by illustrating the connection between the future world of Star Trek and today's American and international legalsystems. Editors Robert H. Chaires and Bradley Chilton collect fourteen articles exploring issues of the legal system, international law, corrections, justice, and equality. Scholars in law, political science, criminal justice, sociology, education, and public administration provide a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the Star Trek universe and how it relates to the real world of law and justice today. Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice is for anyone interested in what the future holds for the American justice system and for fans of Star Trek worldwide. It makes an ideal text to teach students interdisciplinary academic concepts using a familiar, popular media phenomenon. justice. BRADLEY CHILTON is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Prisons under the Gavel: The Federal Court Takeover of Georgia Prisons.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Where Few Scholars Have Gone Before7
A Note About the Editors and Authors
Section 1Star Trek and Law11
Law, Justice, and Star Trek13
The Law of the Federation: Images of Law, Lawyers, and the Legal System in Star Trek: The Next Generation26
The Interstellar Relations of the Federation: International Law and Star Trek: The Next Generation73
Legal Development: Captain James T. Kirk and the Enterprise of Constitutional Interpretation114
Section 2Star Trek and Justice134
Where No Woman Has Gone Before: Feminist Perspectives on Star Trek136
Visions of Corrections in Star Trek: Something Old, Nothing New160
Crime and "Repentance": Justice Administration and the Moral Self in a New Age174
The Understanding of Evil: A Joint Quest for Criminology and Theology203
What Color is an Android?: Some Reflections on Race and Intelligence in Star Trek219
Section 3Star Trek and the Future234
Star Trek as a Pedagogical Vehicle for Teaching: Law and Justice236
Four Visions of the Century Ahead: Will It Be Star Trek, Ecotopia, Big Government, or Mad Max?246
Star Trek and Stare Decisis: Legal Reasoning and Information Technology255
Utopia vs. Dystopia: The Quantum Mechanics of Star Trek266

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