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Author Raffield, Paul.

Title Shakespeare's imaginary constitution : late Elizabethan politics and the theatre of law / by Paul Raffield
Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2010

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 MELB  820.33 Z534 R1374/S  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 253 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Terras Astraea reliquit : Titus Andronicus and the flight of justice -- 2. The Comedy of errors and the meaning of contract -- 3. Reflections on the art of kingship : Richard II and the subject of law -- 4. The poetic imagination, antique fables and the dream of law -- 5. The ancient constitution, common law, and the idyll of Albion : law and lawyers in Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 -- 6. The congregation of the mighty : the juridical state and the measure of justice
Notes Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law.
Law and literature -- History -- 16th century.
Law and literature -- History -- 17th century.
Law -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Law -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Law in literature.
LC no. 2011281490
ISBN 9781841139210 hardback