Law and Literature: Journeys from Her to Eternity

by Maria Aristodemou

Any attempt to understand the world by means of language, in law or in literature, imposes an artificial order on what is beyond our comprehension. However, whilst literature admits its own artificiality, law insists that it provides not only all the answers but all the right answers. Using examples ranging from Greek myth to contemporary writing, film and popular music, Aristodemou works from the assumption that not just literature but also law are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198764367
• ISBN13: 9780198764366
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"