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Law and Literature

ISBN: 978-1-405-11930-6

February 2004

Wiley-Blackwell

168 pages

Description
This book explores the many approaches available to the study of law and literature.
  • An exploration of the many relationships between law and literature.
  • Looks at what law and literature can learn from one another.
  • Makes those involved in literary studies more conscious of the impact that law has had on literary history.
  • Treats subjects as diverse as Socrates and Marx.
  • Contributors are significant scholars from the fields of legal theory and critical theory.
About the Author
Patrick Hanafin is Reader in Law at Birkbeck College, London.

Adam Gearey is Senior Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck College, London.

Joseph Brooker is Lecturer in English at Birkbeck College, London.

Features

  • An exploration of the many relationships between law and literature.
  • Looks at what law and literature can learn from one another.
  • Makes those involved in literary studies more conscious of the impact that law has had on literary history.
  • Treats subjects as diverse as Socrates and Marx.
  • Contributors are significant scholars from the fields of legal theory and critical theory.