Law and Literature: A Misunderstood Relation

The Honorable Richard A. Posner;

ISBN 10: 0674514688 / ISBN 13: 9780674514683

Published by Harvard University Press, 1988

About this Item

First edition 1988, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Harvard University Press. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition as new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ very good, bright, no edgewear, 3 small closed tears at edges, no chips, not clipped. 8vo, XI + 371 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Law and Literature: A Misunderstood Relation
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674514688
• ISBN 13: 9780674514683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Surveys the field of law and literature, discusses literature with legal themes, and examines the application of literary theory to judicial texts

Review

An outstanding work, as stimulating as it is intellectually distinguished...Not only are Posner's arguments readily grasped, and driven home with an exhilarating forensic skill; in pursuing them, he is also compelled to define his own positions more sharply. -- John Gross "New York Times" A book filled with keen judgment, shrewd common sense, and great erudition worn gracefully. Posner's command of his materials--literature, law, and the bodies of commentary and scholarship attached to each--is truly impressive. Still more so is his ability to make the issues vividly clear to the average reader. -- Merle Rubin "Christian Science Monitor" A wonderfully original and instructive study of what literature has to teach about the law, the methods of legal argument, and the interpretation of statutes and the Constitution...Posner's adversaries are hopelessly outmatched in these arguments, but they are only supporting characters in a larger and more interesting drama--Mr. Posner's own exegesis of the relation of literature to law propounded in a series of arresting, brilliantly interwoven interpretations of dozens of literary works. -- Christopher DeMuth "Wall Street Journal"