Practice extended : beyond law and literature / Robert A. Ferguson.
2016
PN56.L33 F47 2016
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Practice extended : beyond law and literature / Robert A. Ferguson.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Description
x, 337 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: the letters in law
Literary components in the legal imagination
The U.S. Constitution as literature
The place of mercy in legal discourse
Immigration law: an answer to intractability
The nature of judgment
Holmes and the judicial figure
The opinion as literary genre
Ulysses in government hands
The public uses of eloquence
Lawyer Lincoln: the making of eloquence
Memorialization and the spirit of law
Precision in persuasion
When law fails
The Somers Mutiny and the American ship of state
Invading Panama: circumstance and the rule of law
Coda: how to read a courtroom novel.
Literary components in the legal imagination
The U.S. Constitution as literature
The place of mercy in legal discourse
Immigration law: an answer to intractability
The nature of judgment
Holmes and the judicial figure
The opinion as literary genre
Ulysses in government hands
The public uses of eloquence
Lawyer Lincoln: the making of eloquence
Memorialization and the spirit of law
Precision in persuasion
When law fails
The Somers Mutiny and the American ship of state
Invading Panama: circumstance and the rule of law
Coda: how to read a courtroom novel.
Summary
"Practice Extended is a collection of Robert A. Ferguson's essays reflecting forty years of his scholarship and reflects the evolution and the aims of the field as well as its impact on the study of both literature and law. Ferguson's work explores a wide range of topics including immigration, eloquence, the Constitution, rhetoric and Ulysses, and mercy. Ferguson's essays emphasize the interdisciplinary connection between law and literature. The field, as Ferguson sees it has roots in two major developments in the intellectual history of law--first, the growing doubt about whether law in isolation is a source of value and meaning, or whether it must be understood within larger cultural and intellectuals contexts; and, second, the continued focus on the mutability of meaning in all texts, whether literary or legal. Those who work in the field stress one or the other of two complementary perspectives: law in literature (understanding legal issues as they are explored in great literary texts such as Billy Budd) and law as literature (understanding legal texts by reference to methods of literary interpretation, analysis, and critique)"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
RM195
Call Number
PN56.L33 F47 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780231175364 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231175361 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9780231540599 (electronic book)
0231175361 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9780231540599 (electronic book)
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