What is it about?

This article explores the importance of placing law in its cultural contexts, and the place of music in legal cultures, using a variety of examples.

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Why is it important?

This discussion draws on a range of contemporary and historical examples to understand the cultural work of music in relation to law.

Perspectives

This article extends my previous work in law and humanities, which has focused principally on literary intersections with law, to the cultural field of music.

Dr Kieran J Dolin
University of Western Australia

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This page is a summary of: From Orpheus to Yothu Yindi: Music and Legal Cultures, Law Culture and the Humanities, September 2013, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1743872113500430.
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