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...

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1. Verfasser: Gordon, Randy D., 1955-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 286 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.
ISBN:9781442661646
144266164X
9781442693524
1442693525

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