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Intersections of Law and Culture, 2012
In this chapter, I explore how legal consciousness may be influenced by television court shows. I... more In this chapter, I explore how legal consciousness may be influenced by television court shows. I try to bridge a gap between studies in the humanities and socio-legal studies as I account for some theories about why people go to court, and attempt to answer the question of whether television courts work as motivating factors for people to turn to address specific problems.
Journal of the History of Collections, 2020
Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information re... more Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information relating to himself and his film-making. In 1978 he made a documentary film about a fellow collector, Ludwig Zimmerer (1924–1987), who accumulated thousands of paintings and objects of Polish folk art. This article tells the stories of these two men and their collections. I suggest that an investigation into the lives and times of Wajda and Zimmerer can shed new light on the psychological processes that inform collecting. Rather than dismissing the compulsion to collect as a product of neurosis, as some previous interpretations have done, I argue here that we should read it as a productive and compensatory method for curing addictions.
Law and Humanities, 2011
A discussion on the relationship between the secret police file and literature in the People'... more A discussion on the relationship between the secret police file and literature in the People's Republic of Poland is presented. The article highlights the secret police file that spreads its message implicitly like literature it tells stories, but in secret. The papers reveals legal writing and literary genres, but a unique instance of fiction, biography, and novelistic additions having the authority of law.
Intersections of Law and Culture, 2012
In this chapter, I explore how legal consciousness may be influenced by television court shows. I... more In this chapter, I explore how legal consciousness may be influenced by television court shows. I try to bridge a gap between studies in the humanities and socio-legal studies as I account for some theories about why people go to court, and attempt to answer the question of whether television courts work as motivating factors for people to turn to address specific problems.
Journal of the History of Collections, 2020
Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information re... more Oscar-winning film director Andrzej Wajda (1929–2016) was an avid collector of all information relating to himself and his film-making. In 1978 he made a documentary film about a fellow collector, Ludwig Zimmerer (1924–1987), who accumulated thousands of paintings and objects of Polish folk art. This article tells the stories of these two men and their collections. I suggest that an investigation into the lives and times of Wajda and Zimmerer can shed new light on the psychological processes that inform collecting. Rather than dismissing the compulsion to collect as a product of neurosis, as some previous interpretations have done, I argue here that we should read it as a productive and compensatory method for curing addictions.
Law and Humanities, 2011
A discussion on the relationship between the secret police file and literature in the People'... more A discussion on the relationship between the secret police file and literature in the People's Republic of Poland is presented. The article highlights the secret police file that spreads its message implicitly like literature it tells stories, but in secret. The papers reveals legal writing and literary genres, but a unique instance of fiction, biography, and novelistic additions having the authority of law.