Call For Abstracts: Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I Think, Therefore I Scam

 

Call for Abstracts!

Better Call Saul and Philosophy: I think, Therefore I Scam

Edited by Joshua Heter and Brett Coppenger

Abstracts are sought for a collection of essays on any philosophical topic related to the hit television series Better Call Saul to be published by Carus Books (this is the same editorial team that was long with Open Court Publishing). Potential contributors may want to examine previously published volumes such a Westworld & Philosophy as well as The Man in High Castle & Philosophy.

Abstracts and eventual essays should be written for an educated but non-specialized audience (with an approximate length of 10 to 12 pages).

Contributor Guidelines:

Email abstracts (and any questions) to: bettercallsaulandphilosophy@gmail.com

1. Abstracts should be between 100 - 500 words.

2. Potential contributors must include a resume/CV for each author/coauthor.

3. Initial submissions should be made by e-mail as either a Word doc. or a PDF.

4. Deadlines:

Abstracts due by August 15, 2021

First drafts due by November 15, 2021

Final drafts due by January 15, 2022

(Early submissions are encouraged and welcomed!)

Why "Better Call Saul" Is Better @Acculturated

Rachel DiCarlo Currie considers whether Better Call Saul is the "best--and most morally sound--show on television." Her verdict--guilty. More here from Acculturated. 

Another Comparison of Lawyers (At Least One Lawyer) To Something Unappetizing

The Guardian on Better Call Saul, lawyers, and cockroaches. Oh, dear. 

Better Call Saul (Season Three)

The Atlantic examines Better Call Saul.

Denvir @JohnDenvir on Better Call Saul and the Trickster Lawyer

John Denvir's latest post from Guile Is Good: this one on Better Call Saul's Jimmy McGill and signs that his tenure at Davis & Main demonstrates some real ethical challenges. In this post Professor Denvir continues to develop his "lawyer as trickster" theme.

Rule-Bending With "Better Call Saul"

Francine Prose reflects on the first two seasons of AMC's Better Call Saul, here, for the New York Review of Books. In her essay, she examines both protagonist Jimmy McGill, whom she defines as a "rule breaker" or a "rule bender," and the ways in which that rule bending plays into his life as lawyer and human being.

Breaking It Bad In a Law Review

In the New Mexico Law Review, Spring 2015:

New Mexico Law Review Current Issue

Spring 2015, Vol. 45, No. 2

Front Matter

• INTRODUCTION ix

Professional Articles

• Breaking Bad in the Classroom
• Max Minzner 397
• Why We Would Spare Walter White: Breaking Bad and the True Power of Mitigation
• Bidish J. Sarma 429
• "Better Call Saul" If You Want Discoverable Communications: The Misrepresentation of the Attorney-Client Privilege on Breaking Bad
• Armen Adzhemyan & Susan M. Marcella 477
• The Good and (Breaking) Bad of Deceptive Police Practices
• Elizabeth N. Jones 523
• Stuck Between a Rock and a Meth Cooking Husband: What Breaking Bad’s Skyler White Teaches Us About How the War on Drugs and Public Antipathy Constrain Women of Circumstance’s Choices
• Holly Jeanine Boux & Courtenay W. Daum 567
• Breaking BATNAS: Negotiation Lessons From Walter White
• Jennifer W. Reynolds 611
• The Political Geography of Plea Bargaining in Federal Death Penalty Cases
• Greg Goelzhauser 641
• Don’t Bake––Litigate! A Practitioner’s Guide on How Walter White Should Have Protected His Interests in Gray Matter, and His Litigation Options for Building an “Empire Business” Through the Courts, Not the Cartel
• Michael C. Mims 673

Discussion here from the Wall Street Journal.

"Better Call Saul's" Legal Ethics

Nicole Hyland on the legal ethics of Better Call Saul, here at Legal Talk Network.

Is It Better To Call Saul?

Keith Uhlich reviews Better Call Saul for BBC Culture as the final episode of the first season airs. Read his take here.

Get Popcorn, Or Set Your DVRs, For "Better Call Saul"

Vince Gilligan, Bob Odenkirk offer up a "beginner's guide" to Better Call Saul, which debuts tonight (February 8, 2015) on AMC at 10 p.m., 9 Central time. Another episode airs tomorrow night.

Disorder In the Court

The New York Times reviews the second act of Breaking Bad, better known as Better Call Saul, here.  NPR offers its own take here.

Saul's Calling

The Hollywood Reporter has posted this review of the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul.

Saul Goodman's Ads

A commercial for Saul Goodman's law firm. The spinoff from Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, premieres next February.

More serious fun from the creators of the show here.

Calling Saul

Breaking Bad's spin-off series, Better Call Saul,will have a delayed premiere date, but not because of network questions about its viability. Instead, its creators are taking additional steps to make certain the show maintains production values. And it already has a green light for a second season.

Meanwhile, Albuquerque, NM, residents can call Saul if they have issues with the cops. His billboard is up in the area (with a lovely photo of series star Bob Odenkirk in the role of "Jimmy McGill," his new name in the show). Or they (and you) can check out his website here (as Saul).

I don't think Saul is the first TV lawyer to have his own website. Ally McBeal's firm Cage & Fish had a website when that show was up and running on Fox; I have been unable to find it on the web, however. Maybe some kind reader will be able to send me a working link.

Better Call Saul will air beginning in early January, 2015, on AMC.