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Law and government are aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien's works that have not received much scholarly attention. However, they are present in many facets of his sub-creation. In describing the various societies that populate it, Tolkien addressed aspects of their legal and governmental systems, such as the succession of kings, inheritance, or the Mayor of Michel Delving. In many cases, he did so to add a further thread to the rich tapestry of his descriptions. But in other cases, law appears as an important narrative element, functioning as a test of spirit for the characters who encounter it. Thus, the trial of Beregond reveals Aragorn's justice, while Turgon's ordering the execution of Ëol shows his ruthlessness. Law and philology appear together in several passages of Tolkien's work. It is no coincidence that the most relevant objects of his sub-creation, the One Ring and the Silmarils, are described in archaic legal terms. In parallel, law and the tools of government are used as a humorous element in other fragments. Law and government are, in short, present in Tolkien's work. They are not a central element, but, without what is studied in this book, Arda would have been much poorer.

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Associate Professor in Labour Law, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)Author of more than 150 papers on Spanish and European Labour Law. Member of several funded research projects on Spanish and European Labour Law for the European Commission, the Spanish Government, regional authorities, trade unions, etc. Manager of the COGENS Project on Gig-Economy and Collective Bargaining (VS/2019/0084), funded by the European Commission.Professeur invité at Université Lyon II Lumière and Gastprofessor in the Universität Wien; Erasmus teaching in the Instituto Superiordas Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa de Lisboa and the Università degli Studi di Cagliari; conferences in Universidadedo Minho de Braga, Pázmány Peter Katolikus Egyetem of Budapest, Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne and Université de Luxembourg. Member of the Experts' Group designated by the Ministry of Employment of Spain to study the consequences of the De Diego Porras ECJ's ruling; Spanish expert for the Conseil d'orientation pour l'emploi of the French Government; former Coordinator of the European Labour Law Young Scholars' Section of the ISLSSL;Secretary-General of the Spanish Association of Labour and Social Security Law

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