Terror: the danger of legal theatre

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol25/iss1/7" target="_blank" >https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol25/iss1/7</a>

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Terror: the danger of legal theatre

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Terror: the danger of legal theatre

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-12837S" target="_blank" >GA19-12837S: Právo v literatuře: kvalitativní analýza obrazu práva v krásné literatuře přelomu 19. a 20. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Law Text Culture

ISSN

1322-9060

e-ISSN

2200-7121

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

AU - Austrálie

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

178-203

Kód UT WoS článku

000893266900007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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