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This paper argues that the comic book character Cassandra Cain is representative of a queer performance of identity as shaped by the authority of law. This is argued through visual jurisprudence and queer theory as seen in the form of a superhero comic book. The first section argues that queer theory has identified a legal binary and the emerging breakdown of that binary through the methods of representing and interpreting the law. This is done by analysing queer theory, visual jurisprudence, and their connection to comics and graphic novels. The second section argues that the Batman franchise, its meta-text, and characters, such as Cassandra Cain, engage with these legal binaries and their breakdown. By emphasising the dual-identity of characters and the role of family, it argues that the meta-text allows new stories to engage with contemporary legalities and its effect on identity. The third section argues that Cassandra, in  Batman Detective Comics Volume 3 – League of Shadows,1is performative of queer jurisprudence through both textual and visual elements. In particular she is performative of a breakdown of binaries in her attempts to transcend their structure, becoming more than a passive subject of binary identities, and becoming more of a true self.

Law, Queer Performance and the Bat: Cassandra Cain as Becoming More