| Description |
xvii, 274 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Kill all the lawyers? : Shakespeare's legal appeal / Daniel J. Kornstein. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Prologue Ch. 1 Shakespeare and the Law 3 Ch. 2 The First Thing We Do - Henry VI, Part 2 22 Ch. 3 A Scarecrow of the Law - Measure for Measure 35 Ch. 4 Fie upon Your Law! - The Merchant of Venice 65 Ch. 5 Skull of a Lawyer - Hamlet 90 Ch. 6 Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is Dead! - Julius Caesar 107 Ch. 7 The Lunatic, the Lover, the Poet - and the Lawyer? - A Midsummer Night's Dream 125 Ch. 8 Old Father Antic the Law - Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 135 Ch. 9 Final Verdict on Richard III 143 Ch. 10 Much Ado about Slander - Othello and Much Ado about Nothing 156 Ch. 11 A Just and Open Trial? - The Winter's Tale 176 Ch. 12 To Break Our Country's Laws - Richard II 193 Ch. 13 Breath of an Unfee'd Lawyer - King Lear 210 Ch. 14 Shakespeare the Scrivener? 227 Epilogue: Unacknowledged Lawgiver 239 Notes 247 Works Cited 259 Index 265 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Knowledge Law, Law Great Britain History, Law and literature |
| Analysis |
English drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-263) and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law.
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Law and literature.
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Law -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
93043916 |
| ISBN |
0691032173 (acid-free paper) |
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