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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Posner, Richard A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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