Novel Judgements: Legal Theory as Fiction

by William MacNeil

Novel Judgements is a book about nineteenth century Anglo-American law and literature. But by redefining law as legal theory, Novel judgements departs from 'socio-legal' studies of law and literature, often dated in their focus on past lawyering and court processes. This texts 'theoretical turn' renders the period's 'law-and-literature' relevant to today's readers because the nineteenth century novel, when "read jurisprudentially", abounds in representations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041545915X
• ISBN13: 9780415459150
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"