Shakespeare And The Lawyers

Author : O Hood Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135032746

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Shakespeare and the Lawyers by O Hood Phillips Pdf

First published in 1972. Shakespeare's writing abounds with legal terms and allusions and in many of the plays the concept and working of the law is a significant theme. Shakespeare and the Lawyers gives a comprehensive survey of what Shakespeare wrote about the law and lawyers, and what has been written, particularly by lawyers, about Shakespeare's life and works in relation to the law. The book first reviews the recorded facts about Shakespeare's life and works, and his connection with the Inns of Court. It then discusses legal terms, allusions and plots in the plays; Shakespeare's treatment of the problems of law, justice and government; his description of lawyers and officers of the law; his references to actual legal personalities; and his trial scenes. Two further chapters consider the criticisms that have been made of Shakespeare's law, and the contribution to Shakespeare studies by lawyers.

Author : Margaret Graham Tebo
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law in literature
ISBN : 1604428368

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Shakespeare for Lawyers by Margaret Graham Tebo Pdf

Shakespeare for Lawyers contains more than 100 funny, sharp, witty, sad, and instructional quotes pulled from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets by a lawyer, for lawyers, and includes instructions on how they might be used in a courtroom, mediation, or elsewhere. And of course, the book features an extra section exploring what the Bard had to say about the law and those who practice it.

Author : William Shakespeare,George Steevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1786
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10749345

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Henry VI. Part III. by William Shakespeare,George Steevens Pdf

Author : Daniel Kornstein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803278217

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Kill All the Lawyers? by Daniel Kornstein Pdf

Two-thirds of Shakespeare?s plays have trial scenes, and many deal specifically with lawyers, courts, judges, and points of law. Daniel Kornstein, a practicing attorney, looks at the legal issues and aspects of Shakespeare?s plays and finds fascinating parallels with many legal and social questions of the present day. The Elizabethan age was as litigious as our own, and Shakespeare was very familiar with the language and procedures of the courts. Kill All the Lawyers? examines the ways in which Shakespeare used the law for dramatic effect and incorporated the passion for justice into his great tragedies and comedies and considers the modern legal relevance of his work. ø This is a ground-breaking study in the field of literature and the law, ambitious and suggestive of the value of both our literary and our legal inheritance.

Author : Bradin Cormack,Martha C. Nussbaum,Richard Strier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226378565

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Shakespeare and the Law by Bradin Cormack,Martha C. Nussbaum,Richard Strier Pdf

"William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law. Legal documents make up most of the records we have of his life; trials, lawsuits, and legal terms permeate his plays. Gathering an extraordinary team of literary and legal scholars, philosophers, and even sitting judges, Shakespeare and the Law demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts and legal practice points to a deep and sometimes vexed engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. Shakespeare and the Law opens with three essays that provide useful frameworks for approaching the topic, offering perspectives on law and literature that emphasize both the continuities and the contrasts between the two fields. In its second section, the book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common-law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othello. Building and expanding on this question, the third part inquires into Shakespeare's general attitudes toward legal systems. A judge and former solicitor general rule on Shylock's demand for enforcement of his odd contract; and two essays by literary scholars take contrasting views on whether Shakespeare could imagine a functioning legal system. The fourth section looks at how law enters into conversation with issues of politics and community, both in the plays and in our own world. The volume concludes with a freewheeling colloquy among Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Judge Richard A. Posner, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Richard Strier that covers everything from the ghost in Hamlet to the nature of judicial discretion"--Jacket.

Author : William Shakespeare,Wayne F. Hill
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Humor
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060395311

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Shakespeare's Insults for Lawyers by William Shakespeare,Wayne F. Hill Pdf

Illustrated for those who believe that a picture is worth a thousand insults, Shakespeare's Insults for Lawyers offers over 190 of the funniest, most offensive remarks targeted toward the legal profession, including ready insults for clients to give to lawyers on counsel and advice, trial performance, and legal fees; and for lawyers to use on clients on threatening legal action, verdicts and sentences, and clients from hell. Hill and Ottchen even cull quotations for particular flaws found in all lawyers in categories that include verbose, tricky, incompetent, and vain.

Author : William Lowes Rushton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009633488

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Shakespeare a Lawyer by William Lowes Rushton Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062090217

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The Breath of an Unfee'd Lawyer by William Shakespeare Pdf

Warshaw Shakespeare on Lawyers and the Law America's leading expert on law humour scans the complete works of Shakespeare for the choicest quotes of wit and wisdom about lawyers and the law.

Author : Richard Grant White
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465587893

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William Shakespeare: Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chancery by Richard Grant White Pdf

Author : H. T
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590960008

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Was Shakespeare a lawyer? Being a selection of passages from 'Measure for measure' and 'All's well that ends well' which point to the conclusion that their author must have been a practical lawyer, and in which many obscurities are made clear, by H.T. by H. T Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare,Wayne F. Hill
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0517704463

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Shakespeare's Insults for Doctors by William Shakespeare,Wayne F. Hill Pdf

Patients looking to vent their spleen on their doctors, and doctors eager to do the inverse, in verse, will find all the bilious verbal abuse they need in this compendium of insults from Shakespeare, who knew, apparently, that sometimes invective is the best medicine. 20 line illustrations.

Author : Hampton Lawrence Carson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:80859166

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Shakespeare as a Lawyer by Hampton Lawrence Carson Pdf

Author : Franklin Fiske Heard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law and literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009633561

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Shakespeare as a Lawyer by Franklin Fiske Heard Pdf

Author : Kenji Yoshino
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780062087720

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A Thousand Times More Fair by Kenji Yoshino Pdf

“Fascinating....Loaded with perceptive and provocative comments on Shakespeare’s plots, characters, and contemporary analogs.” —Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States “Kenji Yoshino is the face and the voice of the new civil rights.” —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickled and Dimed A Thousand Times More Fair is a highly inventive and provocative exploration of ethics and the law that uses the plays of William Shakespeare as a prism through which to view the nature of justice in our contemporary lives. Celebrated law professor and author Kenji Yoshino delves into ten of the most important works of the Immortal Bard of Avon, offering prescient and thought-provoking discussions of lawyers, property rights, vengeance (legal and otherwise), and restitution that have tremendous significance to the defining events of our times—from the O.J. Simpson trial to Abu Ghraib. Anyone fascinated by important legal and social issues—as well as fans of Shakespeare-centered bestsellers like Will in the World—will find A Thousand Times More Fair an exceptionally rewarding reading experience.

Author : C. Jordan,K. Cunningham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230626348

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The Law in Shakespeare by C. Jordan,K. Cunningham Pdf

Leading scholars in the field analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge, and royal prerogative; these studies reveal the problems confronting early modern English men and women.