First edition published in 1988 : Law and literature : a misunderstood relation ; revised and enlarged edition published in 1998.
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Among the new elements of this revision are literary plagiarism, the law as depicted in films, television, and popular fiction, and the 'edifying' school of law and literature, which argues that literature can sharpen the moral sense of lawyers and judges.
Modernism and the meaning of corporate persons
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Long before the US Supreme Court announced that corporate persons freely "speak" with money in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), they elaborated the legal fiction of American corporate personhood in Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886). Yet endowi…
Fictional discourse and the law
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Highlights Spenser's use of legal thought and language, resulting in new insights into his work.
This volume explores Spenser's linguistic experimentation and his engagement with political, and particularly legal, thought and language in his major works, demonstrating by thorough lexical analysis and illustrative readings how Spenser figured the nation both descriptively an…
This volume explores Spenser's linguistic experimentation and his engagement with political, and particularly legal, thought and language in his major works, demonstrating by thorough lexical analysis and illustrative readings how Spenser figured the nation both descriptively an…