Hailed in its first edition as an outstanding work, as
stimulating as it is intellectually distinguished (New York Times),
"Law and Literature" has handily lived up to the Washington Post s
prediction that the book would remain essential reading for many
years to come. This third edition, extensively revised and
enlarged, is the only comprehensive book-length treatment of the
field. It continues to emphasize the essential differences between
law and literature, which are rooted in the different social
functions of legal and literary texts. But it also explores areas
of mutual illumination and expands its range to include new topics
such as the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the
Constitution, illegal immigration, surveillance, global warming and
bioterrorism, and plagiarism.
In this edition, literary works from classics by Homer,
Shakespeare, Milton, Dostoevsky, Melville, Kafka, and Camus to
contemporary fiction by Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, John Grisham,
and Joyce Carol Oates come under Richard Posner s scrutiny, as does
the film "The Matrix."
The book remains the most clear, acute account of the
intersection of law and literature.
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