"Law Made Fun Through Harry Potter's Adventures" by Karen Morris and Bradley S. Carroll
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Posted by: Stephanie_J
January 13, 2012, 09:29 PM
Can't get enough of Harry Potter? Curious about the Law?
Law Made Fun Through Harry Potter's Adventures explores the intersection of Harry Potter's adventures and Muggle law (or the law of our society).
The
book recounts vignettes from the Harry Potter series,
discusses relevant Muggle law, and applies the law to the story lines.
Among the 99 topics addressed are identity theft (Polyjuice Potion),
child abuse and neglect, bullying, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle,
hate crimes, abandonment of infants, teacher tenure, and much more.
Find out more about Law Made Fun Through Harry Potter's Adventures by visiting LawMadeFun.com.
This is a sponsored post.
19 Comments
79297 Points
How about Pleasemen & Firelegs?
524 Points
That’s really interesting! Never thought of this before…
194 Points
Hehe a sponsored message eh?
803 Points
This is the second sponsored post I’ve seen. I think Leaky knows how wrong this is and, once again, I don’t appreciate this advertisement being presented as a news post. I used to run my blog from leaky, but Im starting to feel like I can’t even come here anymore. Honest truth.
I also dislike the sponsored posts and the idea they represent. That said, why didn’t the publisher give Leaky a copy of the book so they could really review it and promote it legitimately? Odd because it would be so easy. Granted, it’s still a type of sponsorship but the writing itself wouldn’t be determined by the publisher, which is what makes it OK.
10853 Points
I note it’s about US law, and the books are set in various parts of the UK, where either the law of England and Wales would apply (London, Privet Drive, the Burrow etc) or Scottish law (Hogsmeade). Both of these are different from one another and very different from what applies in the USA. A book that talked about the real muggle law that would apply in these areas might actually be interesting. As it is, it sounds like a cash-in.
10471 Points
How interesting! I plan on picking up the book someday. :)
5439 Points
That’s interesting!
194 Points
I would like to read the book that incorporates Muggle laws broken by wizards in the Muggle world, and WIZARD laws broken in the war, (even by our fave three) and what kind of system could have been in place to evaluate whether or not a particular criminal act is justified (yeah I assume they got off for breaking into Gringotts, but still, they did rob a bank, and surely that would have ruffled some goblin feathers). This book would of course have to be written by Jo. We know the Malfoys got excused due to their supposed “switch” near the end, so she MUST have some trials and things that she’s thought out. We know she couldn’t help herself.
That’s what I propose. A short companion book, “Records from the International Wizengamot War Crimes Tribunal”. Yeah. I want that.
180 Points
Hmmm, I wonder if Leaky is having financial trouble, and that’s why they have the posts
803 Points
Ganduean-vampiress, I don’t think leaky would do this unless they needed the money to run the site, but that hardly constitutes lacking creative thinking and thwarting principal. Don’t they see the daily prophet parallels?
Sounds like another witch hunt.
27520 Points
Why do we have to have sponsored posts yet miss much of the real news? It feels as if the site is not what it used to be. I’m tending to visit Mugglenet for the news as they are generally much more on the ball with what is of real interest.
467 Points
Sounds cool! I mean, sometimes I think the laws and government oof our country is somewhat similar to what JK is stating in HP.
4133 Points
Sounds like a good read. I never really put thought into the polyjuice potion one.
How about Pleasemen & Firelegs?