Filippo Annunziata, Bocconi Universtiy, Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies, Milan, Italy

Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya, Japan

Entertaining for lawyers and opera fans alike

Offers a comprehensive perspective on the topic

Includes approaches from jurists, philosophers, musicologists and historians

Introduction by Filippo Annunziata and Giorgio Fabio Colombo.- Part I - Law in Opera: Scalia/Ginsburg: the Rhythm of the US Federal Supreme Court by Francesca Benatti.- Exile and Identity: Findings of Fact and Opinions of Law in Bellini's La Straniera by Louis Bertone.- Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus. The Tragic Conflicts of the Judge in I due Foscari by Angelo Pio Buffo.- "That may be Japanese law...but not in my country!". Marriage, Divorce and Private International Law in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly by Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Masabumi Suzuki and Dai Yokomizo.- Crime, Prosecution and Justice in Verdi's Otello by Paolo Di Felice and Alessandro Accinni.- Le Nozze di Figaro and the Sunset of Ancien Régime Legacy on Modern Legal Culture by Elena Faletti.- Recurring Legal Issues in Italian Opera by Silvia Ferreri.- Le nozze di Wolfgang: About the Meaning of Marriage in Mozart's Operas by Cesare Fertonani.- The Depiction of Crimes in Puccini's Works by Pietro Gandetto.- The "Gesualdo Case" in Contemporary Melodrama by Giovanni Iudica.- Law and Fate in Norma, I Puritani, Aida and Tosca by Przemys¿aw Krzywoszy¿ski and Jan Wole¿ski.- Equality and Social Complexity. A Comparison between Idomeneo Re di Creta and Le Nozze di Figaro by Mariano Longo.- Revenge between Legal and Social Norms in Cavalleria Rusticana by Giuseppe Lorini.- Paternal Justice in Giuseppe Verdi's Operas by Mario Antonio Riberi.- Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. Harmony in the System by Maria Teresa Sanza.- Part II - Law on Opera: The Voice of the Opera Singer and its Protection: Another Look at the Maria Callas Case by Julia Ammermann Yebra.- Critical Edition of an Opera: a New Look for an Old Lady? The Boundaries of Copyright Protection in the EU Countries by Giovanna Carugno.- A Little-known Source for the Public at the Paris Opéra: the Baux des Loges by Mark Darlow.- What is Allowed in the Opera? - Law as the Boundary of Artistic Experiment by Ewa ¿¿towska and Krzysztof Paw¿owski.- The Italian Scrittura Teatrale: a Peculiar Case of Unwritten Terms Integrating Contracts by Geo Magri.- Der Ring des Nibelungen - From a Criminal Law Perspective by Peter Lewisch.- Part III - Law around Opera: Law, Opera and the Baroque Mentality: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Dialogues by Mariana Lima Maia and Marcilio Toscano Franca Filho.- Schiller's "An die Freude", Beethoven's Ninth and the Struggle over Europe's Identity by Giorgio Resta.- The Current International and Music Society by Gustavo Troccoli Carvalho de Negreiros.- Nemorino's Plagiarims. Author Copyright, Musical Theatre, and Circulation of Texts in the Siglo de Oro of Italian Opera by Filippo Annunziata.