This collection of essays by scholars of the law and literature movement explores the place of the passions in English law of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Together these essays provide insight into the foundations of modern juridical thought.
This collection of essays by scholars of the law and literature movement explores the place of the passions in English law of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Together these essays provide insight into the foundations of modern juridical thought.
Nancy E. Johnson is associate professor of English and Chair of the English Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
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Introduction by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 1: Blackstone's Legal Actors: The Passions of a Rational Jurist by Simon Stern Chapter 2: Narrative Sentiment in Adam Smith's Lectures on Jurisprudence by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 3: 'How Like You the Eloquence of a Young Barrister?: Love and the Law in Boswell's Development as a Writer in the Late 1760s by J.T. Scanlan Chapter 4: Freedom and Fetters: Nuptial Law in Burney's The Wanderer by Melissa J. Ganz Chapter 5: Doubled Jeopardy: The Condemned Woman as Historical Relic by Erin Sheley Chapter 6: The Madness of Sovereignty: George III and the Known Unknown of Torture by Peter de Bolla Chapter 7: The Great Dramatist: Macaulay and the English Constitution by Ian Ward Appendix: Timeline of Selected Legal Publications, Legislation and Events Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
Introduction by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 1: Blackstone's Legal Actors: The Passions of a Rational Jurist by Simon Stern Chapter 2: Narrative Sentiment in Adam Smith's Lectures on Jurisprudence by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 3: 'How Like You the Eloquence of a Young Barrister?: Love and the Law in Boswell's Development as a Writer in the Late 1760s by J.T. Scanlan Chapter 4: Freedom and Fetters: Nuptial Law in Burney's The Wanderer by Melissa J. Ganz Chapter 5: Doubled Jeopardy: The Condemned Woman as Historical Relic by Erin Sheley Chapter 6: The Madness of Sovereignty: George III and the Known Unknown of Torture by Peter de Bolla Chapter 7: The Great Dramatist: Macaulay and the English Constitution by Ian Ward Appendix: Timeline of Selected Legal Publications, Legislation and Events Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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