Contents 1. War and its Impact Chapter 1: The malaise of the 21st Century: The return of the wars - Eliana Mello Chapter 2: Psychoanalysis in the time of war: continuity of mental life and Oedipal situation - Igor Romanov Chapter 3: The mind of the psychoanalyst on the frontline: Limits, frontiers and beyond - Alejandro Bègue, Claudia Borensztejn, Olga Cartañá, María Cristina Fernández, Laura Orsi, Sonia Sandleris and Vivian Secco 2. Violence and the Law Chapter 4: The work of desymbolisation and disidentification in some forms of individual and group violence - Louis Brunet Chapter 5: Mind, psychoanalysis and law in the line of fire - Plinio Montagna Chapter 6: Radicalisation and delusions of sanity? Carine Minne Chapter 7: Oedipal Complex: collective conspiracy theories and individual delusional beliefs - Ronald Doctor 3. Society and the Law Chapter 8: The crime of being a stranger - Massimo De Mari Chapter 9: Rules, poetry and truth-telling in psychoanalysis - Alex Winter Chapter 10: Voyeuristic photography ( Tosatsu ): Liberation in the claustrum - S. Kudo Chapter 11: My 'back-alley' abortion - Adrienne Harris 4. Pandemic and the Law Chapter 12: COVID, control and rule of law: the unconscious and irrational at play - Rakesh Shukla Chapter 13: Domestic violence and pandemic: Horror and hope - C'ndida Sé Holovko and Jurenice Picado Alvares Chapter 14: COVID-19 and Japanese tragedies: Looking forward to our happy endings - Osamu Kitayama and Kai Ogimoto 5. Family and Relationships Chapter 15: Pandemic and marital relationship - Gley P. Costa Chapter 16: Disillusionment and destructiveness in severe high conflict divorce and other social maladies - Arthur Leonoff Chapter 17: The betrayal of tradition: The death of the only son and the empty nest - Ruth Axelrod.