Rehumanizing law: a theory of law and democracy
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University of Toronto Press
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| Beschreibung: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009 Description based on print version record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) |
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| contents | Randy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule of law in relation to democracy, he reads Melville's Billy Budd and analyses the O.J. Simpson and Rodney King cases. -- This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket 1. Law and narrative: Re-examining the relationship -- Describing law in terms of autonomy -- Narrative as the basis of law and the humanities -- Shelley's case, Part 1 Law of The Jungle -- Shelley's case, Part 2 Silent Spring -- Law, literature, and narrative -- What Is narrative? -- How narratives interact to influence legislation -- Text in context -- What's truth have to do with it? -- Whose story to believe? -- 2. Institutionalizing narratives -- Narrative and the normative syllogism -- The narrative nudge -- When narratives clash -- Changes in narrative, changes in Law -- Law's constraints: Generic or precedential? -- Novelizing law -- Resisting narratives: Keeping the outside out -- Absorbing narratives: Letting the outside In -- What law can learn from literature (and history) -- 3. Law, narrative, and democracy -- The rule of law and its limits -- Toward a democratic rule of law -- The jury as a structural safeguard of democracy -- The democratic role of interpretive communities -- A study in contrasts: The Rodney King and O.J. Simpson juries -- Is jury nullification democratic and within the rule of law? -- Some thoughts on democratic interpretation -- 4. Narrative as democratic reasoning -- The narrative shape of deliberation -- Law-as-discipline -- The problem with appellate practice and appellate opinions -- (Re)Introducing narratives across the profession -- Democratic education, practical reason, and the law |
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| spelling | Gordon, Randy D. 1955- Verfasser aut Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy Randy D. Gordon Toronto ; Buffalo University of Toronto Press [2011] © 2011 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009 Description based on print version record Randy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule of law in relation to democracy, he reads Melville's Billy Budd and analyses the O.J. Simpson and Rodney King cases. -- This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket 1. Law and narrative: Re-examining the relationship -- Describing law in terms of autonomy -- Narrative as the basis of law and the humanities -- Shelley's case, Part 1 Law of The Jungle -- Shelley's case, Part 2 Silent Spring -- Law, literature, and narrative -- What Is narrative? -- How narratives interact to influence legislation -- Text in context -- What's truth have to do with it? -- Whose story to believe? -- 2. Institutionalizing narratives -- Narrative and the normative syllogism -- The narrative nudge -- When narratives clash -- Changes in narrative, changes in Law -- Law's constraints: Generic or precedential? -- Novelizing law -- Resisting narratives: Keeping the outside out -- Absorbing narratives: Letting the outside In -- What law can learn from literature (and history) -- 3. Law, narrative, and democracy -- The rule of law and its limits -- Toward a democratic rule of law -- The jury as a structural safeguard of democracy -- The democratic role of interpretive communities -- A study in contrasts: The Rodney King and O.J. Simpson juries -- Is jury nullification democratic and within the rule of law? -- Some thoughts on democratic interpretation -- 4. Narrative as democratic reasoning -- The narrative shape of deliberation -- Law-as-discipline -- The problem with appellate practice and appellate opinions -- (Re)Introducing narratives across the profession -- Democratic education, practical reason, and the law Droit et littérature Droit dans la littérature Demokratie swd Literatur swd Recht (Motiv) swd Recht swd Criticism fast Law and literature fast Law / Philosophy fast BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Philosophie Recht Law Philosophy Criticism Law and literature Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd rswk-swf Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Recht Motiv (DE-588)4121561-8 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 s Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 s 1\p DE-604 Recht Motiv (DE-588)4121561-8 s 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gordon, Randy D , 1955-. Rehumanizing law http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682783 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Gordon, Randy D. 1955- Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy Randy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule of law in relation to democracy, he reads Melville's Billy Budd and analyses the O.J. Simpson and Rodney King cases. -- This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket 1. Law and narrative: Re-examining the relationship -- Describing law in terms of autonomy -- Narrative as the basis of law and the humanities -- Shelley's case, Part 1 Law of The Jungle -- Shelley's case, Part 2 Silent Spring -- Law, literature, and narrative -- What Is narrative? -- How narratives interact to influence legislation -- Text in context -- What's truth have to do with it? -- Whose story to believe? -- 2. Institutionalizing narratives -- Narrative and the normative syllogism -- The narrative nudge -- When narratives clash -- Changes in narrative, changes in Law -- Law's constraints: Generic or precedential? -- Novelizing law -- Resisting narratives: Keeping the outside out -- Absorbing narratives: Letting the outside In -- What law can learn from literature (and history) -- 3. Law, narrative, and democracy -- The rule of law and its limits -- Toward a democratic rule of law -- The jury as a structural safeguard of democracy -- The democratic role of interpretive communities -- A study in contrasts: The Rodney King and O.J. Simpson juries -- Is jury nullification democratic and within the rule of law? -- Some thoughts on democratic interpretation -- 4. Narrative as democratic reasoning -- The narrative shape of deliberation -- Law-as-discipline -- The problem with appellate practice and appellate opinions -- (Re)Introducing narratives across the profession -- Democratic education, practical reason, and the law Droit et littérature Droit dans la littérature Demokratie swd Literatur swd Recht (Motiv) swd Recht swd Criticism fast Law and literature fast Law / Philosophy fast BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Philosophie Recht Law Philosophy Criticism Law and literature Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Recht Motiv (DE-588)4121561-8 gnd |
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| title | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy |
| title_auth | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy |
| title_exact_search | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy |
| title_full | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy Randy D. Gordon |
| title_fullStr | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy Randy D. Gordon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy Randy D. Gordon |
| title_short | Rehumanizing law |
| title_sort | rehumanizing law a theory of law and democracy |
| title_sub | a theory of law and democracy |
| topic | Droit et littérature Droit dans la littérature Demokratie swd Literatur swd Recht (Motiv) swd Recht swd Criticism fast Law and literature fast Law / Philosophy fast BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Philosophie Recht Law Philosophy Criticism Law and literature Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Recht Motiv (DE-588)4121561-8 gnd |
| topic_facet | Droit et littérature Droit dans la littérature Demokratie Literatur Recht (Motiv) Recht Criticism Law and literature Law / Philosophy BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Philosophie Law Philosophy Recht Motiv USA |
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