Would You Kindly Consider the Consequences?

Authors

  • Yvette Ann Walker University of Southern California, Gould School of Law

Keywords:

law, education, legal training, Bioshock

Abstract

This article seeks to introduce the application of laws to the plot lines of videogames as a source of legal scholarship and reflexive social critique through an analysis of the legal liability for the killing of Big Daddies in Bioshock.

Author Biography

  • Yvette Ann Walker, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
    Third Year Law Student

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Published

2015-06-11

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Articles

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