Madness is the emergency exit

about the justice concept in The Killing Joke, by Alan Moore

Authors

  • Gedion Caldas da Silva Filho Multivix Cariacica
  • Bruno Gadelha Xavier Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES); Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24302/prof.v7i0.1909

Abstract

The expansion of State jurisdictional control, as the frequent use of the full powers, denotes a cease of fundamental rights and guarantee, that, in its own scope, results in the eternal anomie between norm and law. The state of necessity, whose the exception is based, as can be seen throughout history in many contemporary states, it is used as fertile soil for the unrestricted cessation of rights and guarantees which, in rule, cannot be suspended in law. For the perception of this phenomenon, as well as an essential tool for study, the literature provide an inexhaustible source of analogies with the state of exception institute. In view of this, will be analysed the relation between the characters Batman and Joker in The Killing Joke, from the perspective of the state of exception. In these terms, the relation of the characters configures the exception itself.

Keywords: Law. State of Exception. Literature. The Killing Joke.

Author Biographies

Gedion Caldas da Silva Filho, Multivix Cariacica

 Graduando em Direito pela Faculdade Multivix (Cariacica).

Bruno Gadelha Xavier, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES); Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV).

Doutorando em Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV); Doutorando em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Doutorando em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES); Mestre em Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV); Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES); Professor Universitário.

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Published

2020-04-01

How to Cite

Silva Filho, G. C. da, & Xavier, B. G. (2020). Madness is the emergency exit: about the justice concept in The Killing Joke, by Alan Moore. Profanações, 7, 164–184. https://doi.org/10.24302/prof.v7i0.1909

Issue

Vol. 7 (2020)

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Artigos