During October, the Zief Law Library will have Law & Literature as the book display. The display spotlights the relationship of law and literature. This not only deals with the legal themes in fiction, but the philosophical debate of whether law on its own has inherent meaning and worth or if it must be considered along with a much larger cultural context.
There is also a debate between the supporters of the “law in literature” and the “law as literature” theories. The “law in literature” theory maintains that works of literature with details and descriptions of legal cases and processes give understanding to the essence of law. The “law as literature” position supports the idea that legal writing such as the actual written laws are subject to interpretation as any type of literature should be.
Want to learn more? Check out Zief’s Collection Spotlight on the first floor, across from the Circulation Desk!
Titles in the display include:
- Law, literature, and therapeutic jurisprudence
- Law and literature
- A critical introduction to law and literature
- Constructing the enemy : empathy/antipathy in U.S. literature and law
- Servants, slaves, and savages : reflections of law in American literature
- Law and literature across the curriculum
- Race, citizenship, and law in American literature
- Literature and legal problem solving : law and literature as ethical discourse
- Literary criticisms of law
- Reflections of the law in literature
- Law in literature : legal themes in novellas
- Law in literature : legal themes in short stories
- Law in literature : legal themes in drama