Literary criticisms of law / Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg.

INTRODUCTION
Law as Literature
From Letters to Literature
Literary Canons and Academies
The Risks and Possibilities of Law and Literature
Genres of Criticism
Ch 1…. Interpretive Crises in American Legal Thought
Introduction
1.1 The Crisis of Whig Hermeneutics
1.2 Progressive Interpretation
1.3 The Crisis of Progressive Interpretation
Conclusion
Ch 2…. Hermeneutic Criticism of Law
Introduction
2.1 Literary Theories of Interpretation
2.2 Law as Literary Interpretation
2.3 Legal Hermeneutics in Practice
Conclusion
Ch 3…. Narrative Criticism of Law
Introduction: The Law as Narrative Trope
3.1 Literary Theories of Narrative
3.2 Instrumental Claims: Narrative as Laws Antagonist and Salvation
3.3 Law and Narrative as Mutually Inherent
Conclusion: Performing the Law and Narrating the Nation
Ch 4…. Rhetorical Criticism of Law
Introduction: Law, Rhetoric, and the Problem of Authoritarianism
4.1 A Very Brief History of Rhetoric
4.2 The Conservative Model of Rhetoric
4.3 Is a Liberal Rhetoric Possible?
Conclusion
Ch 5…. Deconstructive Criticism of Law
Introduction
5.1 Derridean Deconstruction
5.2 Deconstruction as Epistemological Criticism
5.3 Deconstruction as Ethical Criticism
Conclusion
Ch 6 …. Cultural Criticism of Law
Introduction
6.1 Theoretical Sources for Cultural Criticism of Law
6.2 Cultural Readings of Disputes
6.3 Cultural Readings of Capitalism