Justice as Improvisation

Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws.

Sara Ramshaw is a Lecturer in Law at Queen's University Belfast. She holds a LLB and LLM from the University of British Columbia, a PhD from Birkbeck School of Law, and is a former Postdoctoral Fellow with the 'Improvisation, Community and Social Practice' project in Canada.

1. Introduction: the law of the extempore; 2.The rise and reform of the New York City cabaret laws; 3. Deconstructive legal improvisation; 4.The 'wildness' of jazz improvisation; 5. Demystifying improvisation; 6. The structure-freedom paradox in law; 7.Justice as improvisation