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Raffield, Paul (2017) The art of law in Shakespeare. London: Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781509905478
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Abstract
Through an examination of five plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield analyses the contiguous development of common law and poetic drama during the first decade of Jacobean rule. The broad premise of The Art of Law in Shakespeare is that the 'artificial reason' of law was a complex art form that shared the same rhetorical strategy as the plays of Shakespeare.
Common law and Shakespearean drama of this period employed various aesthetic devices to capture the imagination and the emotional attachment of their respective audiences. Common law of the Jacobean era, as spoken in the law courts, learnt at the Inns of Court and recorded in the law reports, used imagery that would have been familiar to audiences of Shakespeare's plays. In its juridical form, English law was intrinsically dramatic, its adversarial mode of expression being founded on an agonistic model. Conversely, Shakespeare borrowed from the common law some of its most critical themes: justice, legitimacy, sovereignty, community, fairness, and (above all else) humanity. - See more at: http://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/the-art-of-law-in-shakespeare-9781509905478/#sthash.JkmHK2pb.dpuf
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Publisher: | Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury | ||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||
ISBN: | 9781509905478 | ||||
Official Date: | 9 February 2017 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 312 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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