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In this book, the first to offer a comprehensive examination of the emerging study of law as literature, Guyora Binder and Robert Weisberg show that law is not only a scheme of social order, but also a process of creating meaning, and a crucial dimension of modern culture. They present lawyers as li...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Binder, Guyora
Otros Autores: Weisberg, Robert, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Law and literature.
Culture and law.
Law > Interpretation and construction.
Literature > History and criticism.
Droit et littérature.
Culture et droit.
Droit > Interprétation.
Littérature > Histoire et critique.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
Culture and law
Law and literature
Law > Interpretation and construction
Literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents13;
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION Law as Literature
  • From Letters to Literature
  • Literary Canons and Academies
  • The Risks and Possibilities of Law and Literature
  • Genres of Criticism
  • CHAPTER ONE Interpretive Crises in American Legal Thought
  • Introduction
  • 1.1 The Crisis of Whig Hermeneutics
  • 1.2 Progressive Interpretation
  • 1.3 The Crisis of Progressive Interpretation
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER TWO Hermeneutic Criticism of Law
  • Introduction
  • 2.1 Literary Theories of Interpretation
  • 2.2 Law as Literary Interpretation
  • 2.3 Legal Hermeneutics in Practice
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER THREE Narrative Criticism of Law
  • Introduction: The Law as Narrative Trope
  • 3.1 Literary Theories of Narrative
  • 3.2 Instrumental Claims: Narrative as Laws Antagonist and Salvation
  • 3.3 Law and Narrative as Mutually Inherent
  • Conclusion: Performing the Law and Narrating the Nation
  • CHAPTER FOUR Rhetorical Criticism of Law
  • Introduction: Law, Rhetoric, and the Problem of Authoritarianism
  • 4.1 A Very Brief History of Rhetoric
  • 4.2 The Conservative Model of Rhetoric
  • 4.3 Is a Liberal Rhetoric Possible?
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER FIVE Deconstructive Criticism of Law
  • Introduction
  • 5.1 Derridean Deconstruction
  • 5.2 Deconstruction as Epistemological Criticism
  • 5.3 Deconstruction as Ethical Criticism
  • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER SIX Cultural Criticism of Law
  • Introduction
  • 6.1 Theoretical Sources for Cultural Criticism of Law
  • 6.2 Cultural Readings of Disputes
  • 6.3 Cultural Readings of Capitalism
  • Conclusion
  • INDEX.

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