Law, Loopholes, and 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

From Dante’s Inferno to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath: Usury, the Law, and Loopholes

Presenter 1 Name

Lucas J. McCarthy

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 2

"Tenuto buono e male adoperando": From Trickery to Criminality in Decameron 3.6 and 4.2

Presenter 2 Name

Margaret Escher

Presenter 2 Affiliation

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Paper Title 3

Nature, the Ultimate Loophole: Francis Bacon, John Bulwer, and the Psychophysiology of the English Courtroom

Presenter 3 Name

Jeffrey Wollock

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2017 3:30 PM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson Lounge