Rehumanizing Law : A Theory of Law and Democracy /

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This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Randy D., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Recht
Recht > Motiv
Literatur
Demokratie
Law > Philosophy.
Law and literature.
Criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Critique.
Droit dans la litterature.
Droit et litterature.
Law in literature.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket.
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.
Item Description:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781442693524

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