Law and Justice in Star Trek
星際迷航 (Star Trek) 的法律與正義
Lifelong Learning
Star Trek, that fictionalized universe brought to «life» in numerous tv series and several films have, since the original series, received a well-deserved particular attention from legal scholars, legal practitioners, philosophers, and others.
In truth it presents a new future world that is strongly impregnated by ethics, justice, cosmopolitanism, due process of law, non-discrimination, among many others. It projects a society of values and not a society where force is dominant. In many legal systems and in many faculties the study of Star trek has recognizable relevance and a useful tool for teaching law, and also philosophy.
Some episodes, such «Measure of a Man», to mention a single example, are absolutely well crafted and indeed teaches the viewer in such complex and relevant issues as what is a person and what is a thing? Is Data, an Android, a person or a thing?
The course considers law in the context of narrative. Law features prominently in many different types of narratives. We will analyse the construction of law specifically in film and television in the so-called Star Trek universe.
In the classes, episodes or parts of, will be viewed and then discussed.
Programme
- Law is not invisible to Arts, Literature, Cinematic expressions and the inverse is also true – a brief and some examples
- Star Trek: an introduction – its origins, its world, tv series, movies
- Expressions of Ethics, of Law and of Justice in Star Trek: an introduction and some examples
- Particular cases and examples: in Star Trek Original series, In Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Strange New Worlds
- Legal personality, non-discrimination, equality, «new» international law, due process, dignity: from Star Trek to the court room and to the university classes
- Idem: from Star Trek to the court room and to the university classes – examples and discussion
Details:
| Instructor: | Mr. Paulo Cardinal |
| Duration: | 10 Hours (5 Sessions) |
| Date: | 18 November to 28 November 2024 |
| Time: | Mon, Tue, Thu 19:00 – 21:00 Schedule: |
| Location: | University of Saint Joseph – IIha Verde Campus |
| Language: | English |
| Delivery of Mode: | Face-to-face Lecture |
| Tuition Fee: | MOP1,780 |
| Targeted Participants: | Any person with legal, philosophical or sociological background that wishes to break frontiers on the methods and ways to look at relevant topics such as Justice, Law, and Ethics, and use Star Trek examples to better illustrate and transmit some important principles, as it has been done in Europe and in the Americas universities, any Star Trek fan, any academics and teachers that purport new and modern approaches to teaching, including the use of videos and literature to better convey their messages and attain more attention from the class. Anyone who wishes to boldly go where no one has gone before. |
Tuition fee special offered available for: ┃5% Discount (MOP 1,691)
- Early-bird application
** Applicants who submit a complete course enrollment on or before 31 October 2024 will enjoy the early-bird special offer in this course. Registrants will be notified of enrollment details via E-mail and SMS after we receive the registration. Don’t miss it!
┃10% Discount (MOP 1,602)
- USJ working staff and students
- Members of AAUSJ (Alumni Association of USJ)
- Next of kin relationship (spouses, children, and parents), for current internal staff, USJ students, and members of AAUSJ
- Former LLO students
Notes: the D.S.E.D.J. 2023-2026 Continuing Education Development Subsidy Scheme is NOT available for this course.
Remarks: the above Conditions of eligibility are subject to the terms in the “Policy on Lifelong Learning Public Programmes Tuition Fee Discount” (LLO-529). The full version is available on the LLO website (click here), please be sure to read the Terms and Conditions contained in this document carefully since any use of this tuition fee discount for lifelong learning public courses constitutes your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set out herein. In the event of any dispute concerning the matters in this document, the Lifelong Learning Office of the University of Saint Joseph reserves all rights to make the final decision.
Bibliograph
ROBERT H. CHAIRES/BRADLEY CHILTON, Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice (Law, Crime and Corrections) 2004
GEORGE A. GONZALEZ, The Politics of Star Trek Justice, War, and the Future, Palgrave, 2015
FABRICE DEFFERRARD, Le droit selon Star Trek, 2016
KEVIN S. DECKER and others, The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Socrates, 2016
BRADLEY STEWART CHILTON, Star Trek” And Stare Decisis: Legal Reasoning And Information Technology, Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 8
MICHAEL P. SCHATF/LAWRENCE D. ROBERTS, The Interstellar Relations of The Federation: International Law And “Star Trek: The: Next Generation, University of Toledo Law Review, vol. 25
MIKAEL PULLIAINEN, The character of Data and his humanity in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Thesis, 2018
JOSÉ-ANTONIO OROSCO, Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice – A Global, Anti-Racist Approach, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022
LEIMAR GARCIA- SIINO, SABRINA MITTERMEIER, STEFAN RABITSCH, The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek, Routledge, 2022
PETER GOODRICH, Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature, Elgar, 2021
DAVID GURNHAM, Memory, Imagination, Justice – Intersections of Law and Literature, Ashgate, 2009
ORIT KAMIR, Judgment by Film: Socio-Legal Functions of Rashomon, 12 Yale J.L. & Human, 2000
Further materials may be referred to or hand to the students.
HOW TO APPLY
A three-step flow of “Registration, Notification, Enrolment” applies.
Applicants should first register (through methods listed in the “Registration” section on our website) during the application period of a Programme. Accepted Registrants will be notified through SMS and they must complete the application process in person during the period mentioned in the SMS, with a valid copy of Macao Resident ID Card.
A certificate of completion will be issued for participants fulfilling an attendance rate of 70%.
Withdrawal applications must follow stated policies.
Remark: Programmes may be cancelled due to insufficient registration.
