Ted Laros
Biographic Data
| ID | 6551013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ted Laros |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ted |
| FAMILY NAME | Laros |
| SIGNATURE | LAROS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Open University of the Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-5792-2120 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
World Literature and Human Rights
World Literature and Human Rights
This special issue of the Journal of World Literature explores the fraught and generative intersections between world literature and human rights at a moment of acute global crisis. The introduction opens with the invocation of Multatuli’s Max Havelaar (1860) as an exemplary instance of literature’s capacity to intervene in debates about human rights, situating it alongside Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), a book referenced in Ma…
Humor and the Law
In this introduction, we outline several approaches to the role humor might play in relation to the law through the six articles contributed to this special issue and through important and more recent theories that have guided discussions of humor. We take up two aspects in particular when addressing the efficacy of humor: its ability to serve as a diagnostic tool and even cure; and its weaknesses, limitations, and shortcomings. Finally, we outli…
The difficulty of judging jests
in Sorgues, in Southeastern France, a three-year old child was sent to preschool with a T-shirt reading "je suis une bombe!" [I am a bomb!] on one side, and "Jihad, n le 11 septembre" [Jihad, born on September 11th] on the other. The T-shirt played on the child's actual name (Jihad, which is common in the Arab world) and date of birth (which was actually September 11th). Jihad's uncle had given him the T-shirt as a birthday present, and asked his…
Satire and the law
n Contains fulltext :\n 288735.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Caleidoscópio sanitário
Humor and the Law
In this introduction, we outline several approaches to the role humor might play in relation to the law through the six articles contributed to this special issue and through important and more recent theories that have guided discussions of humor. We take up two aspects in particular when addressing the efficacy of humor: its ability to serve as a diagnostic tool and even cure; and its weaknesses, limitations, and shortcomings. Finally, we outli…
The difficulty of judging jests
in Sorgues, in Southeastern France, a three-year old child was sent to preschool with a T-shirt reading "je suis une bombe!" [I am a bomb!] on one side, and "Jihad, n le 11 septembre" [Jihad, born on September 11th] on the other. The T-shirt played on the child's actual name (Jihad, which is common in the Arab world) and date of birth (which was actually September 11th). Jihad's uncle had given him the T-shirt as a birthday present, and asked his…
Caleidoscópio sanitário
The difficulty of judging jests
in Sorgues, in Southeastern France, a three-year old child was sent to preschool with a T-shirt reading "je suis une bombe!" [I am a bomb!] on one side, and "Jihad, n le 11 septembre" [Jihad, born on September 11th] on the other. The T-shirt played on the child's actual name (Jihad, which is common in the Arab world) and date of birth (which was actually September 11th). Jihad's uncle had given him the T-shirt as a birthday present, and asked his…
Satire and the law
n Contains fulltext :\n 288735.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Humor and the Law
In this introduction, we outline several approaches to the role humor might play in relation to the law through the six articles contributed to this special issue and through important and more recent theories that have guided discussions of humor. We take up two aspects in particular when addressing the efficacy of humor: its ability to serve as a diagnostic tool and even cure; and its weaknesses, limitations, and shortcomings. Finally, we outli…
World Literature and Human Rights
World Literature and Human Rights
This special issue of the Journal of World Literature explores the fraught and generative intersections between world literature and human rights at a moment of acute global crisis. The introduction opens with the invocation of Multatuli’s Max Havelaar (1860) as an exemplary instance of literature’s capacity to intervene in debates about human rights, situating it alongside Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), a book referenced in Ma…
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Comparative and World Literature (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)