Christine A. Corcos, Louisiana State University Law Center, has published Law and Norms and Will and Grace at 50 Cumberland L. Rev. 85 (2020). Here is the abstract. Like many other popular series featuring lawyers and law-related characters that are not primarily legal shows, Will & Grace was and is primarily a “relationship” show. The show features the friendships and closeness among the four main characters, best friends Will Truman and Grace Adler, who originally met in college,… [read post]

Christine A. Corcos, LSU Law Center, has published Growing Up With Popular Culture In the Time of Title IX at 83 Louisiana Law Review 60 (2022). Here is the abstract. Generally, while popular culture has reflected Title IX’s existence since its enactment, characters who discuss the impact of the law rarely mention the actual statute. Instead, they discuss its impact and its effects. The writers of these episodes and films might believe that the public cannot understand Title IX’s… [read post]

Christine A. Corcos, Louisiana State University Law Center, has published What We Talk About When We Talk About Law Schools: Deconstructing Meaning In Popular Culture Images of Legal Education at Hedgehogs and Foxes. Here is the abstract. Films, television, and novels often send us very specific messages about law schools and legal education that tend to replicate and reinforce both general notions about the ways in which we educate our lawyers, and in turn sustain our legal system. Most movies, tv… [read post]

Christine A. Corcos, Louisiana State University Law Center, is publishing More Human Than Human: How Some SF Presents AI's Claims to the Right to Life and Self-Determination in the Oxford Journal of Socio-Economic Studies, Hilary Term 2017. Here is the abstract. If even the least self-aware human being has the right to life, simply because it exists, then could AI at some point also claim that right? Or can human-created AI, simply because it is human-created, simply never legitimately put… [read post]