Published May 17, 2021 | Version v1
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The Laws of Magic and the Magic of Laws: A Study of the Unbreakable Vow from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from a Legal and Ontological Perspective

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This work analyses the «Unbreakable Vow» as developed in the plot of the novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from a legal and ontological perspective. In particular, the relationship between magic and law is investigated in light of social ontology and is compared to Roman law’s obligationes verbis contractae.

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