Questions of Justice in Law, Literature and the Arts
Questions of justice are not only the concern of legal professionals, politicians and activists, they also permeate culture at large. Literature, Cinema, Music and Artworks often revolve around questions about rights, justice and fairness, raising a wide range of issues, such as: how do we understand animal rights? The minor Questions of Justice in Law, Literature and the Arts focuses on what it means to do justice to our environment?
Does technology force us to rethink key notions of politics and ethics? Do new, hybrid, forms of warfare undermine our received understanding of the definition of war crimes? What is the role of forgiveness in processes of reconciliation?