The fields of literature and law intersect in frequent, and often
surprising ways. This clear and concise book offers an introduction
to the area, covering the history, key thinkers and ideas as well
as detailed and fascinating studies into areas such as evidence and
truth, inheritance, sex, vigilantism and justice. Each chapter
examines a number of familiar authors and texts including
Shakespeare, Brecht, Austen, Dickens, Ishiguro, Beecher-Stowe,
Atwood, Miller. The book also opens up the broader study of law as
it relates to culture in such areas as film, television, and
digital media and how they affect such issues as a right to
privacy, copyright and creative reworking, and censorship. Mark
Fortier offers a concise, systemic introduction to the law and
legal system for the lay person, covering basic notions of justice
and law (fundamental justice, natural law, positive law) and the
legal system (common law vs civil law, case law, statute,
constitutional law, private law [tort, contract, property],
criminal law, equity, basic rules of evidence, stare decisis, the
adversarial system) as well as a very handy glossary of legal
terms. This is a fascinating guide to a very topical and
increasingly relevant area of literary studies.
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