Law and Ideal Justice in Medieval Contexts and Beyond
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)
Organizer Name
Toy-Fung Tung
Organizer Affiliation
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Presider Name
Toy-Fung Tung
Paper Title 1
Statues, Statutes, and Justice in The Pilgrimage of the Soul
Presenter 1 Name
Rosemarie McGerr
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Indiana Univ.-Bloomington
Paper Title 2
Just Don't Moon the Judge: Women, Justice, and Advocacie in Jehan le Fèvre and Christine de Pizan
Presenter 2 Name
Linda Burke
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Elmhurst College
Paper Title 3
"Tenuto buono e male adoperando": From Trickery to Criminality in Decameron 3.6 and 4.2
Presenter 3 Name
Margaret Escher
Presenter 3 Affiliation
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Start Date
13-5-2016 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1275
Description
How do medieval law and ideal justice converge or clash in legal, literary, philosophical, theological, and historical texts, as well as in the visual arts, architecture, and performances? This question invites an interdisciplinary approach that examines how narrative and other non-legal perspectives can address thorny issues of justice, where law fails. Of particular interest is how competing texts, genres, discourses, expressions, and values contributed to the formation of medieval concepts of law and justice, such as legal identity, citizenship, sovereignty, polity, community, fairness, legitimacy, criminality, contracts, international relations, and individual and social welfare.
Law and Ideal Justice in Medieval Contexts and Beyond
Schneider 1275
How do medieval law and ideal justice converge or clash in legal, literary, philosophical, theological, and historical texts, as well as in the visual arts, architecture, and performances? This question invites an interdisciplinary approach that examines how narrative and other non-legal perspectives can address thorny issues of justice, where law fails. Of particular interest is how competing texts, genres, discourses, expressions, and values contributed to the formation of medieval concepts of law and justice, such as legal identity, citizenship, sovereignty, polity, community, fairness, legitimacy, criminality, contracts, international relations, and individual and social welfare.