Law in the courts of love : literature and other minor jurisprudences / Peter Goodrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodrich, Peter, 1954-

Series:

Politics of language.

The politics of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--History.

Law.

Jurisprudence.

Courts of love.

Critical legal studies.

Law and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of current criticisms of the legal profession, Peter Goodrich presents us with a radical alternative vision of the law. He examines past legal systems offering up the possibility of a more humane system.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: towards a minor jurisprudence; Salem and Bizance: a short history of the two laws; Law in the Courts of Love: Andreas Capellanus and the judgments of love; Eating law: commons, common land, common law; Specula laws: image, aesthetic and common law; Of law and forgetting: literature, ethics and legal judgment; Transmission and law: or, a sorrow beyond words; Fate as seduction: the other scene of legal judgment; Sleeping with the enemy: on the politics of critical legal studies in America; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92578-6

1-134-92579-4

0-203-31617-7

1-280-10840-1

0-203-41332-6

9780203413326

OCLC:

647373045