Europe in Law and Literature: Transdisciplinary Voices in Conversation

Europe Is A Broad And Multifaceted Construct, Variously Understood As A Geographical, Political, Legal, Institutional, Social, Or Cultural Formation. It Is Characterized By Numerous Conflicts And Processes Of Negotiation That Have Accompanied Or Sustained The Development Of Normative Orders And Divergent Conceptions Of Law, Both In Relation To Individual States And To Europe As A Whole. The Same Applies To The Field Of Literature, Language, And Aesthetics; Numerous Myths And Ideologies Have Shaped Today’s Understanding Of Europe And Still Support It Today. This Volume Examines How Such Processes Were Legally Structured, And Literarily Addressed, Criticized, And Complemented. Its Interdisciplinary Perspective And Open And Dynamic, Both Dialogical And Dialectical Format Intends To Replicate The Fragmented, Sometimes Conflicting, But Always Productive Mosaic Of Voices, Ideas, And Concepts That Have Constituted And Still Constitute Europe, Whether In The Past, Present, Or Future. Instead Of Resolving Any Of The Complexities And Contradictions That Frame Discussions On Law, Literature, And Europe, It Aims To Induce Further Engagement And Confrontations With New And Alternative Visions Of Europe. Frontmatter -- Europa -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Concepts -- Constructing Europe -- Introduction -- Comparative Law And The Style Of Legal Systems -- The Europe Of European Literary History -- Constituting Europe -- Introduction -- Constituting Europe In Verse? -- Leavis Carroll’s Alice In Brexitland (2017): Children’s Literature’s Juridical Perspective On Brexit And The Young Adult Citizen In The Narrative Of The Law -- Contrasting Europe -- Introduction -- Strength As Recognition Of One’s Weakness: Identity Constructions In Early Europe -- Some Notes On The Role Of Europe In The Development Of Modern Islamic Legal Discourse -- Defending Europe -- Introduction -- The “spirit” Of Europe In Literature Between The Two World Wars -- Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt’s View On Europe -- Part Ii: Commitments -- Rule Of Law -- Introduction -- European Criminal Justice -- The Inaccessible Rule-of-law Paradise: Europe And Law In Modern Belarusian Poetry -- Legal Actors -- Introduction -- Citizenship And Advocacy: The Jurist As Parrhesiast -- Driven By Ressentiment And Sophistry Or – Indeed, Parrhesia? The Protagonist As Lawyer In Ukrainian Fiction -- Justice -- Introduction -- Pitaval’s Journeys: On The European Tradition Of Literary Legal Case Collections -- The Court Trial In Dostoevskii’s The Brothers Karamazov, Or, The Rejection Of The Rule Of Law And Of European Principles -- Borders -- Introduction -- Like Stone Rafts In The Ocean: Reading José Saramago In Times Of The Pandemic -- The Naturalization Process And Narrating Where You Come From: An Exploration Of Saša Stanišić’s Herkunft -- Part Iii: Concerns -- Human Rights -- Introduction -- Human Rights In Uk And The Future Of Europe -- A Host(ile) Union? Writing In Solidarity Against A Hostile Environment -- Migration -- Introduction -- Europe, Non-discrimination, And Migration -- “is There Still Such Thing As A Safe Space?” States In Times Of Global Migration And Climate Change -- Citizenship -- Introduction -- Alternative Notions Of Belonging: (european) Community And Citizenship In Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet -- Poetry From The Camps: Deconstructing Eurocentric And Colonial Remains In Citizenship Laws -- Digital Self-determination -- Introduction -- Creativity Incorporated: Google, Netflix, And The Global Copyright Sphere -- Freedom, Human Dignity, And Digital Self- Determination: European Perspectives In Speculative Fiction -- Epilogue -- My European Poem -- List Of Contributors -- Index Ed. By Laura Anina Zander, Nicola Kramp-seidel. Issued Also In Print. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.