Hayao Miyazaki and the law, from dream to reality

In the coming days, Hayao Miyazaki et le droit. Du rêve à la réalité will be published at the PUAM, Coll. Inter-normes. An outstanding book whose original treatment allows a different approach to the law and to Miyazaki’s work thanks to Michaël Laref’s sharp legal eye.

Indeed, Miyazaki’s stories show the whole range of social relations, often mixing human and animal law, and behind his works is hidden a vision of Law and the question of the regulation of social relations. This work, which is inspired by a “wonderful world”, speaks of our society, and therefore of our rights.

As Michaël Laref explains very well, after making a first comparative analysis of Miyazaky’s work in the light of Sir Conan Doyle’s, in which he addresses the theme of evidence in criminal and civil law from the perspective of fundamental rights. But it is also a very beautiful anthropomorphic approach to Miyazaki’s work and to the too often forgotten link between human law and animal law. His analysis also suggests ways in which the processes relating to animal law could evolve. The search for evidence through animals, but above all, the entry of animals into criminal proceedings to help the victim’s testimony. Experiments are underway in some police stations and before some investigating judges.

This fascinating work brings together the enriched proceedings of the 4th colloquium and therefore of the 4th book of which he had the pleasure of ensuring the scientific and material co-direction alongside E. Netter, Professor at the University of Avignon, Y. Basire, MCF at the CEIPI, University of Strasbourg and Hania Kassoul, MCF at the Université Côte d’Azur.

More than 1600 people attended this last conference and 900 more connected online. To date, the book has been the subject of 13 contributions, including that of Michaël Laref.

Congratulations on this new book!

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