September 30, 2005

Alfred Brophy on the Power of Antebellum Literary Addresses

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Alfred L. Brophy, University of Alabama School of Law, has published "The Law of Descent of the Mind: Law, History, and Civilization in...
September 25, 2005

New Biography of Mark Twain

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Ron Powers, Mark Twain : A Life From Publisher's Weekly: Starred Review. After dozens of biographies of Twain (1835–1910), one can fairl...

New Biography of Herman Melville

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Andrew Delbanco, Melville: His World and Work A review by Michael Dirda in the Washington Post says: In the end, perhaps the most import...
September 23, 2005

Jane Baron on Law's Guilt about Literature

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Jane Baron (law, Temple) has posed an abstract on SSRN about her new piece, Law's Guilt about Literature , in the forthcoming book, Towa...
September 1, 2005

Two recent assessments of Law and Literature

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Within the past few months, from both sides of the table, important commentaries on the Law and Literature Movement (or "Enterprise...
August 16, 2005

Franz Kafka & Law Bibliography

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There's a good bibliography of writings about Franz Kafka and the law by Christine Corcos , although it was last updated in 1995.
August 12, 2005

Melville's Billy Budd and Security in Times of Crisis

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My essay, Melville’s Billy Budd and Security in Times of Crisis , 26 Cardozo L. Rev. 2443 (2005), written for a law and literature symposium...

Josef K. -- Justice Denied. Again.

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This is something I posted about a month ago on PrawfsBlawg, but it's relevant to this blog too, so I'll cross-post: Judge Alex K...

Billy Budd Resource

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For those interested in Herman Melville's Billy Budd, there's a terrific online resource to the text. It provides a complete text ...

Law & Literature Syllabus

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I've been teaching a seminar in law and literature for many years, and I thought I'd provide a link to my syllabus if it will be of...

The Beginning

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This blog will cover law and humanities topics. It is still in the early stages. It will be a group blog, with a variety of contributors fr...