Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature (en Inglés) - Peter Goodrich

Peter Goodrich presents a unique introduction to the concept of jurisliterature. Highlighting how lawyers have been extraordinarily productive of literary, artistic and political works, Goodrich explores the diversity and imagination of the law and literature tradition. Jurisliterature, he argues, is the source of legal invention and the sign of novelty in judgments.

Key features include:

a literary approach to viewing lawexploration of the visual culture of the lawengagement with the affective and performative practices of jurisliteratureanalysis of the legal style and traditional literary practices of lawyers and judges from an historical perspective.This Advanced Introduction will be a useful and concise guide for scholars and students of law and literature. It will also be beneficial for students and teachers of courses on jurisprudence, law and the humanities and socio-legal studies.