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Reading Cases In Interdisciplinary Studies Of Law And Literature / Alan Durant -- 'i Crave The Law': Salomon V. Salomon, Uncanny Personhood And The Jews / Christopher Hutton -- Three Close-ups In Search Of Truth: Law, Cinema, Psychoanalysis / Maria Aristodemou -- Everyday Law In The Court Writing Of Sybille Bedford / Elaine Ho -- Sir William Jones And The Translation Of Law In India / Robert Young -- The Illegality Of Empire: Moral Evasion And Confusion Of Historians And Literary Critics In Their Reflections On The Impeachment Trial Of Warren Hastings / Tony Carty -- The Making Of Legal Cases And The Idea Of Precedent In The Common Law / Thanos Zartaloudis -- On The Edge Of Reason: Law At The Borderline / Janny Leung -- Stare Decisis In China? The Newly Enacted Guiding Case System / Ping Yu And Seth Gurgel -- Judging Judgment In Chinua Achebe's No Longer At Ease / Katherine Baxter -- The Dramatic Imagination And The Dream Of Law / Paul Raffield -- The Intellectual -- Hamlet / Kenji Yoshino -- Stare Decisis, Binding Precedent, And Anthony Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds / Marco Wan -- Binding Precedent: Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde / Scott Veitch. Edited By Marco Wan. A Glasshouse Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This collection investigates the complex intersection of legal theory and literary analysis, questioning how the interpretation of legal cases mirrors the interpretation of narrative texts. Edited by Marco Wan, the volume assembles contributions from various scholars who examine how legal precedents, judicial reasoning, and the concept of 'the case' are constructed through language, culture, and historical context. By bridging the gap between jurisprudence and humanities, the authors argue that legal documents function as cultural artifacts that require the same rigorous critical scrutiny as literature.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this collection as a significant contribution to the field of Law and Literature, noting its breadth across diverse cultural and historical contexts. Readers frequently highlight the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational resource for scholars interested in the narrative construction of legal authority.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2012-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415673542
ISBN-13:
9780203121696
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