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Randy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gordon, Randy D., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Law > Philosophy.
Criticism.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Droit et littérature.
Droit dans la littérature.
Critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Criticism
Law and literature
Law > Philosophy
Demokratie
Literatur
Recht > Motiv
Recht
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Randy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule of law in relation to democracy, he reads Melville's Billy Budd and analyses the O.J. Simpson and Rodney King cases.
This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket.
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 286 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
ISBN:9781442661646
144266164X
9781442693524
1442693525

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