I don’t know why I didn’t think of this. Law and the Multiverse is a blog focusing on legal issues that could arise in the alternate worlds of comic books. For example, how does Tony Stark get around federal arms control laws? How does insurance function in a world where frequent battles between superpowered humans results in massive property damage? One post even addresses whether the Americans with Disabilities Act could apply to those with certain mutant abilities.
The blog is authored by a couple attorneys and has been in existence for only a few weeks, but it’s already been featured in the Times and geek überblog Slashdot. The Times article suggests that the site demonstrates that “in the grand Venn diagram of life, there appears to be substantial overlap between lawyers and the people Mr. Daily [one of the site’s creators] lovingly refers to as ‘comic book nerds.'” It also demonstrates that a legal education has some practical applications.
Best of luck to these new bloggers. If they can inspire at least one law school professor to formulate an exam question that includes Cyclops and Magneto rather than Whiteacre and Blackacre, they will have made the world a better place.
No words. 🙂
Between this and the nerdy gaming thing, I’m starting to get a little worried. Are you and my husband long-lost cousins? Any relatives from ND?!