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The Resource Practice extended : beyond law and literature, Robert A. Ferguson

Practice extended : beyond law and literature, Robert A. Ferguson

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"Practice Extended is a collection of Robert A. Ferguson's essays reflecting forty years of his scholarship and reflects the evolution and the aims of the field as well as its impact on the study of both literature and law. Ferguson's work explores a wide range of topics including immigration, eloquence, the Constitution, rhetoric and Ulysses, and mercy. Ferguson's essays emphasize the interdisciplinary connection between law and literature. The field, as Ferguson sees it has roots in two major developments in the intellectual history of law--first, the growing doubt about whether law in isolation is a source of value and meaning, or whether it must be understood within larger cultural and intellectuals contexts; and, second, the continued focus on the mutability of meaning in all texts, whether literary or legal. Those who work in the field stress one or the other of two complementary perspectives: law in literature (understanding legal issues as they are explored in great literary texts such as Billy Budd) and law as literature (understanding legal texts by reference to methods of literary interpretation, analysis, and critique)"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 337 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: the letters in law
  • Literary components in the legal imagination
  • The U.S. Constitution as literature
  • The place of mercy in legal discourse
  • Immigration law: an answer to intractability
  • The nature of judgment
  • Holmes and the judicial figure
  • The opinion as literary genre
  • Ulysses in government hands
  • The public uses of eloquence
  • Lawyer Lincoln: the making of eloquence
  • Memorialization and the spirit of law
  • Precision in persuasion
  • When law fails
  • The Somers Mutiny and the American ship of state
  • Invading Panama: circumstance and the rule of law
  • Coda: how to read a courtroom novel
Isbn
9780231175364
Instance
Label
Practice extended : beyond law and literature
Title
Practice extended
Title remainder
beyond law and literature
Statement of responsibility
Robert A. Ferguson
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Practice Extended is a collection of Robert A. Ferguson's essays reflecting forty years of his scholarship and reflects the evolution and the aims of the field as well as its impact on the study of both literature and law. Ferguson's work explores a wide range of topics including immigration, eloquence, the Constitution, rhetoric and Ulysses, and mercy. Ferguson's essays emphasize the interdisciplinary connection between law and literature. The field, as Ferguson sees it has roots in two major developments in the intellectual history of law--first, the growing doubt about whether law in isolation is a source of value and meaning, or whether it must be understood within larger cultural and intellectuals contexts; and, second, the continued focus on the mutability of meaning in all texts, whether literary or legal. Those who work in the field stress one or the other of two complementary perspectives: law in literature (understanding legal issues as they are explored in great literary texts such as Billy Budd) and law as literature (understanding legal texts by reference to methods of literary interpretation, analysis, and critique)"--
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1942-2017,
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Ferguson, Robert A.
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Law and literature
  • Law in literature
  • Lawyers as authors
  • Culture and law
  • Law and ethics
  • Legal stories
  • Culture and law
  • Judicial opinions
  • Law and ethics
  • Law and literature
  • Law in literature
  • Lawyers as authors
  • Legal stories
Label
Practice extended : beyond law and literature, Robert A. Ferguson
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the letters in law -- Literary components in the legal imagination -- The U.S. Constitution as literature -- The place of mercy in legal discourse -- Immigration law: an answer to intractability -- The nature of judgment -- Holmes and the judicial figure -- The opinion as literary genre -- Ulysses in government hands -- The public uses of eloquence -- Lawyer Lincoln: the making of eloquence -- Memorialization and the spirit of law -- Precision in persuasion -- When law fails -- The Somers Mutiny and the American ship of state -- Invading Panama: circumstance and the rule of law -- Coda: how to read a courtroom novel
Control code
925783564
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 337 pages
Isbn
9780231175364
Lccn
2015025715
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
(OCoLC)925783564
Label
Practice extended : beyond law and literature, Robert A. Ferguson
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the letters in law -- Literary components in the legal imagination -- The U.S. Constitution as literature -- The place of mercy in legal discourse -- Immigration law: an answer to intractability -- The nature of judgment -- Holmes and the judicial figure -- The opinion as literary genre -- Ulysses in government hands -- The public uses of eloquence -- Lawyer Lincoln: the making of eloquence -- Memorialization and the spirit of law -- Precision in persuasion -- When law fails -- The Somers Mutiny and the American ship of state -- Invading Panama: circumstance and the rule of law -- Coda: how to read a courtroom novel
Control code
925783564
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 337 pages
Isbn
9780231175364
Lccn
2015025715
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
(OCoLC)925783564

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