| Description |
335 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Shakespeare and the law / Bradin Cormack, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Richard Strier -- Two differences between law and literature / Daniel Brudney -- Decision, possession : the time of law in The winter's tale and the sonnets / Bradin Cormack -- "Lively evidence" : legal inquiry and the evidentia of Shakespearean drama / Lorna Hutson -- Interpreting statute in Measure for measure / Constance Jordan -- Vengeance, complicity, and criminal law in Othello / Richard H. McAdams -- Law and commerce in The merchant of Venice / Richard A. Posner -- Opinion of Fried, J., concurring in the judgment / Charles Fried -- Equity in Measure for measure / David Bevington -- Shakespeare and legal systems : the better the worse (but not vice versa) / Richard Strier -- Liquid fortification and the law in King Lear / Kathy Eden -- Saying in The merchant of Venice / Stanley Cavell -- A British people : Cymbeline and the Anglo-Scottish union issue / Marie Theresa O'Connor -- "Romans, countrymen, and lovers" : political love and the rule of law in Julius Caesar / Martha C. Nussbaum -- A lesson from Shakespeare to the modern judge on law, disobedience, justification, and mercy / Diane P. Wood -- Roundtable : Shakespeare's laws : a justice, a judge, a philosopher, and an English professor |
| Notes |
"This collection emerges out of a conference on 'Shakespeare and the law' held at the University of Chicago in spring 2009"--introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law -- Congresses.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Law in literature -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Cormack, Bradin, editor
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Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947- editor
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Strier, Richard, editor
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| LC no. |
2012029394 |
| ISBN |
9780226924939 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0226924939 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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