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We are happy to report that the traveling exhibition Designed to Provoke: Visual Humor in Court, 1749-2025 was officially launched at the 44th International …

Luisa Fernanda Isaza-Ibarra (University of Groningen)

Against the efforts of Donald Trump to kill the conversation about the Epstein files, people are talking and the jokes keep flowing. As late …

Dr Jennifer Young and Professor David Mead (University of East Anglia)

Protest is under pressure in the UK (and unfortunately, it’s not the only place).  Recently a number of reforms have been passed which all created new powers for the …

The Australasian Humour Studies Network has recently launched a new long-format podcast series, titled “LET’S GET INTO IT” and hosted by Ben Nickl. The first episode focuses on humor and the law, and features three special guests:

• Laura Little

Babette De Naeyer (PhD candidate, Pompeu Fabra University)

Introduction

Remember the Schild & Vrienden (S&V) case we discussed last year? In March 2024, a Belgian First Instance Court convicted six prominent members of …

Laura E. Little (Professor, Temple Law School) and Anja H. Hayes (Student, Temple Law School)

As evidenced by the various initiatives featured on this site, dictators and oligarchs around the world have recently flexed extra muscle to target and silence …

Laura E. Little (Professor, Temple Law School) and Max Klenk (Student, Temple Law School)

Beware the world of non-verbal expression, where a wave, a wink, or even a thumbs-up emoji can cause serious legal …

The first edition of the toolkit What’s in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence (Forum for Humor and the Law / Columbia Global Freedom of Expression) is now available here:

https://zenodo.org/records/15383543

The toolkit was …

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This is the largest survey ever conducted on political cartoonists’ online experiences. The survey covers how and where you post your work, whether …

Jacopo Menghini (PhD graduate, University of Bologna)

The ‘Mark Violets’ rumor

July 13^th 2024 will be remembered as the day of the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, …