Law and Literature: Text and TheoryLenora Ledwon Taylor & Francis, 1996 - 501 páginas Special features : All law schools that do not already have one in place are required to institute a course in Law and Literature. This new anthology is the first of its kind, and has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of a Law and Literature course * Selections from judges, lawyers, and professors of law give students an insider's view of the legal system * Chronological coverage-from Plato to such 20th-century writers as John Barth and Wallace Stevens-offers students a broad range of selections that examine the relationship between law, justice, ethics, and literature * Multicultural writings address the law's capacity for the oppression of individuals and groups, including women, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and homosexuals * Law and punishment-several selections examine this area from various points of view."--pub. desc. |
Índice
How Law Is Like Literature | 29 |
Interpretation in Law and Literature | 47 |
A Relation Reargued | 61 |
Law Literature and Feminism | 91 |
One Contrast | 127 |
Law Justice and Ethics | 137 |
Trifles | 151 |
PROSE FICTION | 165 |
Chapter 43 The Verdict Adam Bede | 317 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 323 |
DRAMA | 353 |
Act I Scenes 5 and 6 Bent | 366 |
PROSE FICTION | 377 |
Chapter 19 To Kill a Mockingbird | 383 |
Lemorne versus Huell | 389 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 403 |
The Law The Floating Opera | 174 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 189 |
Apology | 201 |
Law and Worldview | 219 |
DRAMA | 225 |
PROSE FICTION | 251 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 283 |
Law and Punishment | 291 |
Act 4 Scene 1 The Merchant of Venice | 297 |
PROSE FICTION | 311 |
Big Mans Rules and Laws | 420 |
Law Language and Narrative Structure | 431 |
Excerpt from Act Two A Man for All Seasons | 435 |
PROSE FICTION | 443 |
Chapter XI Who Stole the Tarts? | 454 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 463 |
POETRY | 469 |
PROSE FICTION | 483 |
PROSE NONFICTION | 495 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Compelling Engagements: Feminism, Rape Law, and Romance Fiction Wendy Larcombe Pré-visualização limitada - 2005 |
Courting Failure: Women and the Law in Twentieth-century Literature Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson Visualização de excertos - 2007 |