Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice
Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice is a book covering topics on law in the Star Trek universe.

Summary
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 legal system. 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.

Contents
 Introduction: Where Few Scholars Have Gone Before: A Note About the Editors and Authors
 Star Trek and Law
 Law, Justice, and Star Trek – Robert H. Chaires and Bradley Chilton
 The Law of the Federation: Images of Law, Lawyers, and the Legal System in Star Trek: The Next Generation – Paul Joseph and Sharon Carton
 The Interstellar Relations of the Federation: International Law and Star Trek: The Next Generation – Michael P. Scharf and Lawrence D. Roberts
 Legal Development: Captain James T. Kirk and the Enterprise of Constitutional Interpretation – Michael Stokes Paulsen
 Star Trek and Justice
 Where No Woman Has Gone Before: Feminist Perspectives on Star Trek – Susan A. Lentz
 Visions of Corrections in Star Trek: Something Old, Nothing New – Matthew C. Leone
 Crime and "Repentance": Justice Administration and the Moral Self in a New Age – Charles Vivona
 The Understanding of Evil: A Joint Quest for Criminology and Theology – B. Grant Stitt
 What Color is an Android?: Some Reflections on Race and Intelligence in Star Trek – Susan A. Lentz and Robert H. Chaires
 Star Trek and the Future
 Star Trek as a Pedagogical Vehicle for Teaching Law and Justice – Robert H. Chaires
 Four Visions of the Century Ahead: Will It Be Star Trek, Ecotopia, Big Government, or Mad Max? – Robert Costanza
 Star Trek and Stare Decisis: Legal Reasoning and Information Technology – Bradley Stewart Chilton
 Utopia vs. Dystopia: The Quantum Mechanics of Star Trek – Robert H. Chaires
 About the Editors and Authors
 Further Reading

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