Library Catalogue

Law and literature /

Posner, Richard A.

Law and literature / Richard A. Posner. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c 2009. - xvi, 570 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reflections of law in literature--,
Law's beginnings: revenge as legal prototype--,
Antinomies of legal theory--,
The limits of literary jurisprudence--,
Literary indictments of legal injustice--,
Two legal perspectives on Kafka--,
Penal theory in Paradise lost--,
Interpreting contracts, statutes, and constitutions--,
Judicial opinions as literature--,
Literature as a source of background knowledge for law--,
Improving trial and appellate advocacy--,
But can literature humanize law?--,
Protecting nonwriters--,
Protecting (other) writers--,
Conclusion. Law and literature: A manifesto


9780674032460 (alk. paper) 0674032462 (alk. paper)

2008035602


Law in literature.
Law and literature.
Legal stories--History and criticism.

809.933554 / POS

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