UID:
edocfu_9960112764502883
Format:
1 online resource (592 p.)
ISBN:
9780674054417
Content:
Law and Literature is the only book-length treatment of a widely popular subject that is drawing considerable academic attention. Leading legal scholar Richard Posner believes that courses and scholarship in law and literature provide an attractive alternative to courses and scholarship in jurisprudence (philosophy of law), especially since the study of literature can assist lawyers and judges by sharpening their rhetorical skills. The revised edition features considerable new material, including a consideration of plagiarism as well as discussions of novels that grapple with issues very pertinent today, such as illegal immigration, global warming, bioterrorism, surveillance, artificial reproduction, and virtual reality. Posner also discusses the role of the law in popular literature, movies, and television.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Critical Introduction --
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Part I. Literary Texts as Legal Texts --
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1. Reflections of Law in Literature --
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2. Law’s Beginnings: Revenge as Legal Prototype --
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3. Antinomies of Legal Theory --
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4. The Limits of Literary Jurisprudence --
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5. Literary Indictments of Legal Injustice --
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6. Two Legal Perspectives on Kafka --
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7. Penal Theory in Paradise Lost --
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Part II. Legal Texts as Literary Texts --
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8. Interpreting Contracts, Statutes, and Constitutions --
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9. Judicial Opinions as Literature --
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Part III. How Else Might Literature Help Law? --
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10. Literature as a Source of Background Knowledge for Law --
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11. Improving Trial and Appellate Advocacy --
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12. But Can Literature Humanize Law? --
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Part IV. The Regulation of Literature by Law --
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13. Protecting Nonwriters --
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14. Protecting (Other) Writers --
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Conclusion. Law and Literature: A Manifesto --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674054417
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054417
