Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law
This special issue of Documenta delves into the reciprocal relationship between ‘Theater and Law,’ establishing an interdisciplinary space for justice that transcends conventional legal boundaries. In contrast to traditional, rigid judicial frameworks that revolve around accusing and sentencing clearly defined defendants, the performing and visual arts provide a reflective environment for reevaluating legal cases and systems. Each article in this issue aspires to reconceptualize established legal perspectives by presenting artistically inspired alternatives. The contributions illustrate how the performing and visual arts foster empathetic and progressive alternatives to the judicial process, both within and beyond traditional court settings.
Editors: Steff Nellis (Guest Editor)
Articles
On Theater, Law, and Justice (Not Necessarily in That Order)
Steff Nellis
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 3-25
The Irruption of Real Violence: The Open Dramaturgy of Theatrical Mock Trials and Milo Rau’s The Moscow Trials
Kfir Lapid-Mashall
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 29-51
(P(Re))Forming Justice: Milo Rau’s Trials and Tribunals
Lily Climenhaga
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 53-83
Empathy at the Crossroads
Shlomit Cohen-Skali
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 85-110
Legitimately Incongruous: Exploring Artistic and Legal Interplays in A Game of War (2021)
Sixtine Bérard
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 113-137
The Resilience of Borders: Law and Migration in Contemporary Performances
Klaas Tindemans
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 139-183
Creating Spaces in Law as a Practice of Theatrical Jurisprudence
Marett Leiboff
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 187-205
The Judiciary’s Theatrical Achilles’ Heel: Acting the Fool (RAF members) compared to Acting in Bad Faith (Alex Jones)
Frans-Willem Korsten
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 207-227
Performing Institutions: Trials as Part of the Canon of Theatrical Traditions
Rocío Zamora-Sauma
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 229-253
Backstage Performances of Parliamentary Scrutiny, or Coming Together in Parliamentary Committee Rooms
Kate Seear and Sean Mulcahy
2023-12-20 Volume 41 • Issue 2 • 2023 • Theater and Law • 255-281