Law and justice in song : murder ballads and popular music / Daniel Newman.
2026
K487.M87 N49 2026
Title
Law and justice in song : murder ballads and popular music / Daniel Newman.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.
Description
1 online resource (346 pages).
Series
Transforming legal histories.
Formatted Contents Note
Death, Killing, and Murder Ballads
Investigating Murder Ballads
Morality
Vehicles for Bigotry
Means of Resisting Equality
Tribute and Memorial
Shock Value
Gallows Humour
Image Management
Faith
The Legacy of Criminality in Music.
Investigating Murder Ballads
Morality
Vehicles for Bigotry
Means of Resisting Equality
Tribute and Memorial
Shock Value
Gallows Humour
Image Management
Faith
The Legacy of Criminality in Music.
Summary
This book examines the murder ballad form, songs about death and killing, from a legal history perspective. It is held that taking on the long history of the murder ballad is a way that we can understand how death and killing in song has a function in dealing with the world around us. The book integrates law and humanities scholarship with diverse musical case studies to construct a typology of murder ballads and thus conceptualise the central messages of how murder ballads have treated death and killing. Drawing on a cultural form in which assessment and consideration of death and killing are so vigorously and richly enacted gives lawyers a guide to how those who do not see these matters through a primarily legal lens might understand this part of their world. The study will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Criminal Law, Legal History, Socio-Legal Studies, Criminology, and Musicology.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title based on title page (viewed May 29, 2026)
Linked Resources
Alternate Title
Taylor & Francis Online
Call Number
K487.M87 N49 2026
Language
English
ISBN
9781040664704 ePub ebook
1040664709 ePub ebook
9781003589631 (electronic bk.)
1003589634 (electronic bk.)
9781040546123 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1040546129 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781032964836 hbk
9781032964850 pbk
1040664709 ePub ebook
9781003589631 (electronic bk.)
1003589634 (electronic bk.)
9781040546123 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1040546129 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781032964836 hbk
9781032964850 pbk
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