Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice weds popular media with 
academic inquiry, by illustrating the connection between the future 
world of Star Trek and today's American and international legal 
systems. Editors Robert H. Chaires and Bradley Chilton collect 
fourteen articles exploring issues of the legal system, international 
law, corrections, justice, and equality. Scholars in law, political 
science, criminal justice, sociology, education, and public 
administration provide a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the Star 
Trek universe and how it relates to the real world of law and justice 
today.

    Star Trek Visions of Law and Justice is for anyone interested in 
what the future holds for the American justice system and for fans of 
Star Trek worldwide. It makes an ideal text to teach students 
interdisciplinary academic concepts using a familiar, popular media 
phenomenon.

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ROBERT H. CHAIRES is an assistant professor of criminal justice at 
the University of Nevada-Reno. He is the author and coauthor of 
numerous articles on minority and civil rights issues in criminal 
justice. BRADLEY CHILTON is an associate professor of criminal 
justice at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Prisons 
under the Gavel: The Federal Court Takeover of Georgia Prisons.


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