Law in Star Trek

Law in Star Trek

Law in Star Trek refers to the legal procedures and processes as seen in the "Star Trek" fictional universe. In several TV episodes and films since its inception in the 1960s, Star Trek has used fictional legal constraints and consequences as a plot device both as a parable for contemporary society in the real world, and to explore the society and politics of the future. [See, e.g., Michael Stokes Paulsen, "CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK AND THE ENTERPRISE OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: SOME MODEST PROPOSALS FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD CENTURY", 59 Alb. L. Rev. 671 (1995); Paul Joseph and Sharon Carton, "THE LAW OF THE FEDERATION: IMAGES OF LAW, LAWYERS, AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION", 24 U. Tol. L. Rev. 43 (1992)]

A discussion of this subject by Paul Joseph and Sharon Carton in the "University of Toledo Law Review" drew particular attention, since it examined how this fictional set of laws dealt with controversial issues in current American law, such as the right to life and privacy, as well as rights to sexual orientation. [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QI4zk6H48kwC&oi=fnd&pg=PA73&dq=star+trek+law+-physics&ots=T7zTp3mQrP&sig=gmuiopLYkSBS749jL3RU4Q7GkTM Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice] Robert Chaires and Bradley Chilton. p73] The details and application of these laws, and the ways in which these reflect real-world legal systems were further examined in the books "Adventures in Law and Justice: exploring big legal questions in everyday life" by Bryan Horrigan and "Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice" edited by Robert Chaires and Bradley Chilton. The book by Chaires and Chilton highlighted in particular the possibility of applying this comparison between law and a part of popular culture to the teaching of national and international law.

References

Further reading

* "Adventures in Law and Justice: exploring big legal questions in everyday life" by Bryan Horrigan, Univ. New S. Wales Press 2003, ISBN 0868405728
* " [http://books.google.com/books?id=QI4zk6H48kwC&printsec=frontcover Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice] " by Chaires, Robert (EDT) & Chilton, Bradley (EDT), Texas A & M Univ Pr, ISBN 0966808029, Copyright 10/1/2002
* "The Ethics of Star Trek" by Judith Barad and Ed Robertson, Harper Perennial (November 27, 2001) ISBN 0060933267

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