Judging from Experience
Law, Praxis, Humanities
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:22nd Jan '19
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Combining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal theory and practice to develop a humanities-inspired methodology for both the academic interdisciplinary study of law and literature and for legal practice. This volume addresses judgment and interpretation as a central concern within the field of law, literature and humanities. It is not only a study of law as praxis that combines academic legal theory with judicial practice, but proposes both as central to humanistic jurisprudence and as a training in the conduct of public life. Drawing extensively on philosophical and legal scholarship and through analysis of literary works from Gustave Flaubert, Robert Musil, Gerrit Achterberg, Ian McEwan, Michel Houellebecq and Juli Zeh, Jeanna Gaakeer proposes a perspective on law as part of the humanities that will inspire legal professionals, scholars and advanced students of law alike.
This fascinating volume examines how far we have come in the law and literature debate and considers the influence of technology in law. Being a judge, Gaakeer interrogates herself on how to judge equitably, setting herself between empathy and objectivity, respect for the human being and the use of the latest tools in legal investigation. -- Daniela Carpi, University of Verona
A law-and-literature must! Judging from Experience argues for the centrality of law and literature to the task of speaking justice. Jeanne Gaakeer provides a methodology to law and literature based on her practical experience as a criminal law justice and her extraordinary erudition in legal hermeneutics, philosophy, narratology, and literature. -- Greta Olson, University of Giessen, Germany
This wonderful book—learned, wise, and witty—provides a new and deep foundation, in history and theory alike, for the whole field of law and literature, and especially for its claim that no legal education is complete without the humanistic study of law . Brava! -- James Boyd White, University of Michigan
ISBN: 9781474442480
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 620g
320 pages