Review: The Law Of Superheroes
James Daily and Ryan Davidson have a fun idea in The Law Of Superheroes. They take situations that arise in the comics and show how current and future US law would apply. Extreme hypothetical cases are a good way to understand the ramifications of any set of rules, especially the law, and it’s tough to come up with more extreme hypotheticals that comics.
The execution was a little dry for me. I felt like too many of the problems had cut-and-dried solutions that would be helpful in getting law students to remember the principles, but that were less thrilling to the layman. That’s not to say that the book reads like a police blotter. There are several places where interesting aspects of the law pop out, but I think the book would benefit from a deeper look at the more interesting cases, rather than trying to survey too much of the legal landscape.
Worth a look through, especially if you are a law student or have a strong interest.