Terror: the danger of legal theatre

J 2021

Terror: the danger of legal theatre

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta

Základní údaje

Originální název

Terror: the danger of legal theatre

Autoři

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Law Text Culture, Australia, Univ Wollongong, 2021, 1322-9060

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Austrálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Open access časopisu

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/21:00129191

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

UT WoS

000893266900007

Klíčová slova anglicky

law; theatre; terror; Schirach; law and literature

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 23. 2. 2023 14:58, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

When Ferdinand von Schirach wrote Terror, a perfect example of the legal theatre was created. It is a trial or tribunal play that deals both with current legal issues and a profound legal-philosophical dilemma of sacrificing human lives for the lives of others. Moreover, this play provides a space for the audience to express their legal opinion in a very theatrical way. In a sense, this play refers to the roots of ancient Greek theatre (see eg Gaakeer 2019) and its fundamentally political meaning. Thus, it may seem that this play is an answer to every law and theatre scholar’s prayer for a practical example of a widely know trial play. Unfortunately, it is more complicated than that. In a way, any theatre about law – legal theatre – is political theatre. Through its influence, legal theatre can pose consequences for the rule of law and democracy. In this text, I will focus on the specifics of legal theatre and its possible consequences. My research takes the form of a case-study of Ferdinand von Schirach’s play Terror. For comparison, another legal theatre play will be used: Milada. Milada is a documentary theatre play based on a real political trial concerning Milada Horáková in the 1950s in Czechoslovakia. Through the analysis of both plays, I will determine and explain the most problematic issues. This issues are, of course, too broad to deal with in one paper, so I will focus on the question of ‘reality’ in the presentation of law in both plays and its possibly dangerous consequences, especially in the geographical area of Central Europe.

Návaznosti

GA19-12837S, projekt VaV

Název: Právo v literatuře: kvalitativní analýza obrazu práva v krásné literatuře přelomu 19. a 20. století

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Právo v literatuře: kvalitativní analýza obrazu práva v krásné literatuře přelomu 19. a 20. století

Citovat

ŠTĚPÁNÍKOVÁ, Markéta. Terror: the danger of legal theatre. Law Text Culture. Australia: Univ Wollongong, 2021, roč. 25, č. 1, s. 178-203. ISSN 1322-9060.

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