Access Restricted: “The Law of Violence in No Country for Old Men”

I’ll be giving a lecture presentation next Wednesday, March 10th, at The Jacob Burns Moot Court, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, at 55 Fifth Avenue in NYC.  Playing off a typical form of law school pedagogy, I’ll lead a class-room debate on the ethical implications inherent in Ethan & Joel Coen’s filmic adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men from within a mock court room theater. The event is curated by Adam Kleinman, organized and funded by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and co-sponsored by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in NYC. Should be fun. For more information on this program, click here.

Whether you’re attending the lecture or not, here is some interesting reading material related to the film.

• Of Rats and Men; or, Reason in Our Time
• What is law and do we really need it?
• Point Blank: No Country for Old Men
• Law and Violence

Tags: Art Law, Education, ethics, film and law, violence