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Legal Theory and the Humanities: Volume V
The papers selected for this volume offer a panorama of problems and methods at the intersection of legal theory and the humanities. The issues addressed include the role of the emotions and the imagination in legal reasoning, and the protection of the diversity of voices and perspective in the name of community.
| Author(s) | By Peter Goodrich. Edited by, Maksymilian Del Mar. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 562 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 1 Oct 2014 |
| Availability | Available |
The papers selected for this volume offer a panorama of problems and methods at the intersection of legal theory and the humanities. The issues addressed include the role of the emotions and the imagination in legal reasoning, and the protection of the diversity of voices and perspective in the name of community.
Contents: Introduction. Part I Imagination, Emotion and the Particular: Empathy, legal storytelling, and the rule of law: new words, old wounds?, Toni M. Massaro; Poets as judges: judicial rhetoric and the literary imagination, Martha C. Nussbaum; The ech
Maksymilian Del Mar is Reader in Legal Theory at Queen Mary University of London, UK and Peter Goodrich is Professor of Law and Director, Law and Humanities, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, USA.
