Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination

Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 040698803X
ISBN-13 : 9780406988034
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination by : Ian Ward

Download or read book Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination written by Ian Ward and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers an analysis of constitutional law, examining Shakespeare's plays as legal texts. Professor Ward uses the plays as a starting point to investigate the development of constitutional ideas such as sovereignty, commonwealth, conscience and moral law, and the art of government. In the developing area of law and literature, this book examines how Shakespeare's work offers a rich source of textual material on legal subjects.


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