The Structures of Law and Literature: Duty, Justice, and Evil in the Cultural Imagination

First Principles And Controversies: Is Law And Literature More Than A Distraction For Bored Law Professors? -- Towards A Typology, Iconography, And Symbology Of Law And Literature -- It's A Dutiful Day In The Neighbourhood: Duty As The Fulcrum On The Scales Of Justice And The Centre Of Community -- The Evil That Persons Do: Unreasonableness And The Rejection Or Abnegation Of Duty -- Humpty Dumpty In Wig And Gown: Legalese As Dialect, Or, The Philology Of Precedent -- Putting It All Together: The Structures Of Law And Literature: Law As Revolution, Justice As Nostalgia. Jeffrey Miller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-234) And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.