LAW7 669 - Law and Literature: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives

This seminar explores law, literature, and the multiple ways in which they are connected. It focuses on such topics as the narrative turn within legal scholarship; the rhetorical and literary dimensions of legal texts and lawyers speech; methods of proof and persuasion in literary works; and literary representations of law and the legal profession. Texts include excerpts from trials, cases, legal and literary scholarship, and works of fiction.

Credits: 3