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Author: Anny Matamoros-Pineda

20 May

To Boldly Imagine New Legal Worlds: Lessons from Star Trek

[Anny Matamoros Pineda is a Doctoral student in public international law at Lund University] One of the central appeals of science fiction lies in its capacity to imagine worlds that move beyond present reality while still remaining consistent with the known laws of the universe. Within this genre, utopian visions serve a deeper function by questioning the inevitability of existing institutions....

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