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dc.contributor.advisorMacNeil, William
dc.contributor.advisorTranter, Kieran
dc.contributor.authorSykes, Robbie
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T04:45:57Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T04:45:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/3582
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/368138
dc.description.abstractIn order to better perceive and understand philosophies of the law, this thesis connects jurisprudence expounded by mainstream 20th century legal thinkers with the lives and music of rock stars of the 1960s and beyond. With their propensity for unconventional, anti-establishment, and sometimes lawless behaviour, rock stars may initially appear incompatible with legal thinking and its concerns, such as justice, rules and rulers, and considered decision making. However, opening a ‘channel’ between law and music, it is argued, performs dual functions. First, comparing the activities of theorists and rockers vividly displays the workings of jurisprudence. Second, the pairing of academic understandings of the law with popular culture reveals how ‘everyday people’ understand and discuss jurisprudential concepts and issues. Jurisprudential reading using popular culture creates the possibility of insights into theory that the theory may be unable to recognise in itself. Not only do rock stars perform jurisprudence, they problematise jurisprudence, exposing the issues, dilemmas, and paradoxes within jurisprudence’s central themes.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsJurisprudence
dc.subject.keywordsRock stars and the law
dc.subject.keywordsRock music
dc.titleLaw Up Loud: Jurisprudence and Rock Music
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorBennett, Andy
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1432269361739
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gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentGriffith Law School
gro.griffith.authorSykes, Robbie


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