Lenora Ledwon holds a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame. She teaches law and literature and legal writing at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia, and has published articles in various journals.
Part 1 Law and Literature
Part I Relations Between Law and Literature
Chapter 1 The Judicial Opinion and the Poem, James Boyd White
Chapter 2 How Law Is Like Literature, Ronald Dworkin
Chapter 3 Working on the Chain Gang, Stanley Fish
Chapter 4 Law and Literature, Richard Posner
Chapter 5 Convergences, Carolyn Heilbrun, Judith Resnik
Chapter 6 Economic Man and Literary Woman, Robin West
Part II Law, Justice, and Ethics
Chapter 7 Poetry
Chapter 8 Drama
Chapter 9 Prose Fiction
Chapter 10 Prose Nonfiction
Part III Law and Worldview
Chapter 11 Poetry
Chapter 12 Drama
Chapter 13 Prose Fiction
Chapter 14 Prose Nonfiction
Part IV Law and Punishment
Chapter 15 Poetry
Chapter 16 Drama
Chapter 17 Prose Fiction
Chapter 18 Prose Nonfiction
Part V Law and Oppression
Chapter 19 Poetry
Chapter 20 Drama
Chapter 21 Prose Fiction
Chapter 22 Prose Nonfiction
Part VI Law, Language, and Narrative Structure
Chapter 23 Poetry
Chapter 24 Drama
Chapter 25 Prose Fiction
Chapter 26 Prose Nonfiction
Part VII Law and Comedy
Chapter 27 Poetry
Chapter 28 Drama
Chapter 29 Prose Fiction
Chapter 30 Prose Nonfiction