Abstract

Discussion: Why the genre of the interview deserves a place in legal journals Interviews with legal scholars or professionals are not just there for our amusement. Why, then, would interviews be worthy of ‘scholarly’ attention and, perhaps even more important, deserve a place in legal journals? A question that has barely begun to be examined – if at all. This article forms a bold plea for more attention to this still largely undefined but fascinating genre and source. It argues that the questions and answers as published in interviews extend the boundaries of a text by clarifying and illuminating parts of its contents. In addition, the genre of the interview could help illuminate interesting processes of scholarly research and debate. More to the point: interviews could serve as a source that presents regular knowledge about the questions asked across the world. In this way, interviews give insight in legal knowledge canons. They offer researchers an opportunity to join an emerging body of scholarship on the spatial foundations of legal thinking.