Subterranean Homesick Laws

November 13, 2002

The jurisprudence of Bob Dylan

[New York Law School professor Michael] Perlin believes that Dylan has had a lot to say about the law over the years, and that Dylan's songs lay out an entire system of legal philosophy—a jurisprudence of Bob Dylan, if you will—which Perlin has set out to decipher and, of course, publish one day in a reputable journal.