Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture

Peter Robson is professor of social welfare law at the University of Strathclyde.Ferdinando Spina is associate professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Salento.

• Introduction: Vigilantism – an OverviewPeter Robson and Ferdinando Spina Part I: The Anglophone World1. American Vigilantism - Popular Justice and Popular CultureMichael Asimow2. Vigilantes, the Law and Popular Culture – The British Experience Peter Robson3. Vigilante Frontier Communities on Australian Screens: Bushrangers, Bikies, and BogansLili Pâquet4. Vigilante Justice in CanadaRebecca JohnsonPart II: European Experiences5. Vigilante Justice in GermanyFranziska Stürmer6. Vigilantism – the Greek ApproachNickos Myrtou and Stamatis Poulakidakos7. Vigilantes, the Law and Popular Culture – The Italian ExperienceFerdinando Spina8. The Punishing Hand of Vigilante Justice in PolandJoanna Osiejewicz9. Margins Without Justice: Revenge in João Canijo’s Portuguese CinemaJúlia GarraioPart III: A South American Perspective10. “You Said Perpetual!” Approaches to Vigilantism in Argentine CultureSebastian Viqueira11. Vigilante Justice and the Rule of Death: The Exist

A fascinating group of essays, from a number of countries in various parts of the world, on forms of vigilantism, broadly conceived: collective movements, as well as individual acts of revenge and private justice. The essays pay special attention to these themes in literature, movies, and TV. This work will be important, and illuminating, for a wide range of scholars of legal and social history; and in particular, for students of law and popular culture.