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Dec. 22nd, 2010 12:49 pmLaw and the Multiverse:Superheroes, Supervillians and the Law. Oh my goodness, I think I'm in love:
Who among us has not spent hours contemplating this issue? Or how governments react to extra-governmental law enforcement systems? Can Batman testify in court without revealing his identity? I have never heard Superman Mirandize anyone. Can injured bystanders sue their erstwhile rescuers? Should we be seeking to shut down the Guild of Calamitous Intent with a RICO suit? Professor X's telepathy and the hearsay problem may be my favorite thus far, though I think, in an actual telepathy-enabled world, we would almost certainly develop a new Fourth Amendment doctrine (or at least legislative protection) for individuals to be secure in their own thoughts from telepathic reading, at least without judicial warrant (at least, for evidential purposes).
Most of the time when property is damaged, the property owner has insurance that will pay to restore their property to approximately the state it was in before the loss occurred. But when Doomsday goes on a rampage of destruction across at least three states or the Joker blows up half of downtown Gotham, insurers aren’t actually going to want to pay for that, and there is reason to believe that under the terms of standard insurance contracts, they wouldn’t have to.
Who among us has not spent hours contemplating this issue? Or how governments react to extra-governmental law enforcement systems? Can Batman testify in court without revealing his identity? I have never heard Superman Mirandize anyone. Can injured bystanders sue their erstwhile rescuers? Should we be seeking to shut down the Guild of Calamitous Intent with a RICO suit? Professor X's telepathy and the hearsay problem may be my favorite thus far, though I think, in an actual telepathy-enabled world, we would almost certainly develop a new Fourth Amendment doctrine (or at least legislative protection) for individuals to be secure in their own thoughts from telepathic reading, at least without judicial warrant (at least, for evidential purposes).