{"product_id":"i-am-the-law","title":"I Am The Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Eisner award-winning examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd, published in \u003ci\u003e2000 AD\u003c\/i\u003e, has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last 45 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Eisner award-winning examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd, published in 2000 AD, has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last 45 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe is the law - and you better believe it!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJudge, jury and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of \u003ci\u003e2000 AD\u003c\/i\u003e in 1977.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline, militarised policing and ‘law and order’ politics, its endless inventiveness and ironic humour acting as a prophetic warning about our world today - and with important lessons for our future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing, \u003ci\u003eI Am The Law\u003c\/i\u003e takes key\u003ci\u003e Dredd\u003c\/i\u003e stories from the last 45 years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual, and not so gradual, slide towards authoritarian policing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the politicisation of policing to ‘zero tolerance’, from violent suppression of protest to the rise of the surveillance state, \u003ci\u003eI Am The Law\u003c\/i\u003e examines how a comic book warned us about the chilling endgame of today''s ''law and order'' politics.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313008910718,"sku":"NW9781786185709","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781786185709.jpg?v=1778530602","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/i-am-the-law","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}