Law and Literature
Journal of Law and Society Special Issues
1. Edition February 2004
168 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-1930-6
John Wiley & Sons
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.
Introduction: On Writing: Law and Literature (Patrick Hanafin, Adam
Gearey, and Joseph Brooker).
The Writer's Refusal and Law's Malady (Patrick
Hanafin).
Estopped by Grand Playsaunce: Flann O'Brien's
Post-colonial Lore (Joseph Brooker).
'Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant': A Poetics
of Truth and Reconciliation (Adam Gearey).
Then and Now: The Natural/Positivist Nexus at War: Auden's
'September 1, 1939' (Melanie L. Williams).
The Jurisprudence of Travel Literature: Despotism, Excess, and
the Common Law (Piyel Haldar).
Literature in the Dock: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Morris B.
Kaplan).
A Fragment on Cnutism with Brief Divagations on the Philosophy
of the Near Miss (Peter Goodrich).
Dominions: Law, Literature, and the Right to Death (Peter
Fitzpatrick).
Beyond Otonomy, or Beyond the Law of Law's Ear (Julia H.
Chryssostalis).
Endnote: Untoward (Peter Goodrich)
Gearey, and Joseph Brooker).
The Writer's Refusal and Law's Malady (Patrick
Hanafin).
Estopped by Grand Playsaunce: Flann O'Brien's
Post-colonial Lore (Joseph Brooker).
'Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant': A Poetics
of Truth and Reconciliation (Adam Gearey).
Then and Now: The Natural/Positivist Nexus at War: Auden's
'September 1, 1939' (Melanie L. Williams).
The Jurisprudence of Travel Literature: Despotism, Excess, and
the Common Law (Piyel Haldar).
Literature in the Dock: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Morris B.
Kaplan).
A Fragment on Cnutism with Brief Divagations on the Philosophy
of the Near Miss (Peter Goodrich).
Dominions: Law, Literature, and the Right to Death (Peter
Fitzpatrick).
Beyond Otonomy, or Beyond the Law of Law's Ear (Julia H.
Chryssostalis).
Endnote: Untoward (Peter Goodrich)
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.
London.
Adam Gearey is Senior Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck
College, London.
Joseph Brooker is Lecturer in English at Birkbeck
College, London.
