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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sarat, Austin
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : JAI, 2008.
Series:Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 43.
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Online Access:Full-text access
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.