Law and literature reconsidered
The purpose of this special issue of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" is to examine the situation of law and literature. Once hailed as a promising new way to think about law and as opening a vital conversation about literature the question today is whether the law and literature en...
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| Other Authors | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, UK :
JAI,
2008.
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| Series | Studies in law, politics, and society ;
v. 43. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781849505611 1849505616 9780762314829 0762314826 |
| ISSN | 1059-4337 ; |
| DOI | 10.1016/S1059-4337(2008)43 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (ix, 172 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- "E proboscis unum: law, literature, love, and the limits of sovereignty" / Harriet Murav
- What is it like to be like that? : the progress of law and literature's "other" project / Rob Atkinson
- The law, the norm, and the novel / Sara Murphy
- Aesthetic judgment and legal justification / Guyora Binder
- Textual properties: the limit of law and literature : towards a gothic jurisprudence / Susan Chaplin
- "Reading as if for life" : law and literature is more important than ever / Teresa Godwin Phelps
- African American literature and the law / Jon-Christian Suggs.