{"product_id":"the-art-of-law-in-shakespeare-paperback","title":"The Art of Law in Shakespeare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Raffield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an examination of five plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield analyses the contiguous development of common law and poetic drama during the first decade of Jacobean rule. The broad premise of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Law in Shakespeare \u003c\/i\u003eis that the 'artificial reason' of law was a complex art form that shared the same rhetorical strategy as the plays of Shakespeare. \u003cbr\u003eCommon law and Shakespearean drama of this period employed various aesthetic devices to capture the imagination and the emotional attachment of their respective audiences. Common law of the Jacobean era, as spoken in the law courts, learnt at the Inns of Court and recorded in the law reports, used imagery that would have been familiar to audiences of Shakespeare's plays. In its juridical form, English law was intrinsically dramatic, its adversarial mode of expression being founded on an agonistic model. Conversely, Shakespeare borrowed from the common law some of its most critical themes: justice, legitimacy, sovereignty, community, fairness, and (above all else) humanity. \u003cbr\u003eEach chapter investigates a particular aspect of the common law, seen through the lens of a specific play by Shakespeare. Topics include the unprecedented significance of rhetorical skills to the practice and learning of common law (\u003ci\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/i\u003e); the early modern treason trial as exemplar of the theatre of law (\u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e); the art of law as the legitimate distillation of the law of nature (\u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e); the efforts of common lawyers to create an image of nationhood from both classical and Judeo-Christian mythography (\u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e); and the theatrical device of the island as microcosm of the Jacobean state and the project of imperial expansion (\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Raffield is Professor of Law at The University of Warwick, where he teaches Shakespeare and the Law, Origins of English Law, and Tort Law. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Imaginary Constitution: Late Elizabethan Politics and the Theatre of Law \u003c\/i\u003e(Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eImages and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England: Justice and Political Power, 1558-1660 \u003c\/i\u003e(Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004). He is co-founder and consultant editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eLaw and Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874049659186,"sku":"9781509930074","price":129.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/mZVNlGU5F29781509930074.webp?v=1769601543","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/the-art-of-law-in-shakespeare-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}