{"id":31927,"date":"2012-12-27T17:08:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T00:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/law-and-superheroes.html"},"modified":"2012-12-27T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T00:08:11","slug":"law-and-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/law-and-superheroes.html","title":{"rendered":"Law and Superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one's on my Amazon wish list. (And, yes, Christmas has passed but my birthday is coming up …)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Speed Force<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A fun book about how real-world law would apply to super-hero tropes. Mind reading as testimony, life imprisonment for immortals, Green Lantern's flight plans and more. \u00a0Here's my review.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This one's on my Amazon wish list. (And, yes, Christmas has passed but my birthday is coming up …) Reshared post from +Speed Force A fun book about how real-world law would apply to super-hero tropes. Mind reading as testimony, life imprisonment for immortals, Green Lantern's flight plans and more. \u00a0Here's my review. 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