Good and evil in art and law : an extended essay / Basil Markesinis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markesinis, Basil, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Law and art.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

xiii, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 8 color illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wien ; New York : Springer, [2007]

Summary:

This interdisciplinary book looks at art and especially literature in juxtaposition with law and speculates how the two disciplines approach, in their separate but inter-related ways, the notions of good and evil. Full of detail, it examines how the two disciplines deal with these notions, why the evil-doer is often aggrandized in literature but is debased in real life and how good and evil change with time.

Notes:

"SpringerWienNewYork"

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-250) and index.

ISBN:

9783211499184

3211499180

OCLC:

123126159