The Law in Shakespeare
C Jordan editor K Cunningham editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:1st Jan '10
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Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge, and royal prerogative; these studies reveal the problems confronting early modern English men and women.Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge, and royal prerogative; these studies reveal the problems confronting early modern English men and women.
'Jordan and Cunningham's edition...addresses an impressive range of legal connections including slander, equity, inheritance, maritime law, rhetoric, land law, sovereignty, absolutism and the law of nature.' - Literature Compass
'...the collection impressively demonstrates that jurisprudential knowledge of early modern culture enriches and transforms our understanding of Shakespeare's plays' - College Literature
'The contributors of these 14 essays are law professionals and scholars...[who] discuss a variety of legal concepts suggested by Shakespeare's plays...All in all, this is a welcome addition to Shakespeare studies - Choice
ISBN: 9781349543342
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286 pages
1st ed. 2010