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Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: “Is Truth Unchanging Law?” – Jesus Christ Superstar Through the Lens of Modern International Law
[Dr Sergey Sayapin is Professor of law at KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)] Musicals are not judgments, of course – yet the best of them do plead their case in song. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar presents a performative trial set in an occupied province, governed by an official who, under pressure from local elites,...