I knew that some of these articles had been published in the Texas Wesleyan Law Review, but I didn't know that they (and others) had come out in hard cover, courtesy of Carolina Academic Press (the same publishing house that published Law and Magic: A Collection of Essays). However, here is The Law and Harry Potter (Jeffrey E. Thomas and Franklin G. Snyder, eds.; 2010). It contains a number of interesting essays on HP and the law, including John Gava and Jeanie Marie Paterson, "What Role Need Law Play in a Society WIth Magic?," Geoffrey Christopher Rapp, "Sirius Black: A Case Study in Actual Innocence," Eric J. Gouvin, "The Magic of Money and Banking," Lenowa Ledwon, "Harry Potter Goes To Law School," and Mark Edwin Burge, "Who Wants To Be a Muggle? The Diminished Legitimacy of Law as Magic."
Here's the publisher's description:
This volume considers the depiction of law and legal institutions in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. It contains more than twenty chapters by legal academics from the U.S. and abroad. The chapters are organized in five sections: Legal Traditions and Institutions, Crimes and Punishments, Harry Potter and Identity, the Wizard Economy, and Harry Potter as an Archetype. Some chapters analyze the way law and legal institutions are portrayed, and what these portrayals teach us about concepts such as morality, justice, and difference. Other chapters use examples from the narratives to illustrate or analyze legal issues, such as human rights, actual innocence, and legal pedagogy. The volume is suitable for undergraduate or law school courses, and will be of interest to those Harry Potter fans who also have an interest in law and the legal profession.
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