TY - JOUR
T1 - From orpheus to yothu yindi
T2 - Music and legal cultures
AU - Dolin, Kieran
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - This article offers a contrapuntal discussion of the connections between law and music in a variety of historical and contemporary, Western and non-Western contexts. It aims to introduce a postcolonial inflection into the current debate, using examples drawn from Indigenous law and music in Australia. Working inductively, it demonstrates that music forms part of the nomos or culture of legality in both traditional and modern societies.
AB - This article offers a contrapuntal discussion of the connections between law and music in a variety of historical and contemporary, Western and non-Western contexts. It aims to introduce a postcolonial inflection into the current debate, using examples drawn from Indigenous law and music in Australia. Working inductively, it demonstrates that music forms part of the nomos or culture of legality in both traditional and modern societies.
KW - Ballads
KW - Contrapuntal reading
KW - Indigenous jurisprudence
KW - Intellectual property in music
KW - Legal cultures
KW - Music in Aboriginal society
KW - Natural law
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953807388&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1743872113500430
DO - 10.1177/1743872113500430
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-8721
VL - 12
SP - 29
EP - 38
JO - Law, Culture and the Humanities
JF - Law, Culture and the Humanities
IS - 1
ER -