Law and literature /

Among the new elements of this revision are literary plagiarism, the law as depicted in films, television, and popular fiction, and the 'edifying' school of law and literature, which argues that literature can sharpen the moral sense of lawyers and judges.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Posner, Richard A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Édition:3rd ed.
Sujets:
Law in literature.
Law and literature.
Legal stories > History and criticism.
Droit dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LAW > General.
Legal stories.
Literatur
Recht
Rechtstheorie.
Rechtstaal.
Bellettrie.
Juridik och litteratur.
Literatur.
Recht.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Reflections of law in literature
  • Law's beginnings: revenge as legal prototype
  • Antinomies of legal theory
  • The limits of literary jurisprudence
  • Literary indictments of legal injustice
  • Two legal perspectives on Kafka
  • Penal theory in Paradise lost
  • Interpreting contracts, statutes, and constitutions
  • Judicial opinions as literature
  • Literature as a source of background knowledge for law
  • Improving trial and appellate advocacy
  • But can literature humanize law?
  • Protecting nonwriters
  • Protecting (other) writers
  • Conclusion. Law and literature: A manifesto.

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