law review article distorts reality
A forthcoming Michigan Law Review article on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series indicates that these books present a "scathing portrait of government":
a Ministry of Magic run by self-interested bureaucrats bent on increasing and protecting their power, often to the detriment of the public at large.
The author, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, explains that Rowling's critique of government:
is also particularly effective because, despite how awful Rowling's Ministry of Magic looks and acts, it bears such a tremendous resemblance to current Anglo-American government.
This is mere fantasy. It's self-interested scholarly attention-seeking that makes little contribution to public knowledge at large.
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