| Description |
x, 286 pages ; 23 cm. |
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Law language |
| Series |
Early modern literature in history
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Early modern literature in history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
English law in Shakespeare's plays / Constance Jordan and Karen Cunningham -- Drama, law, and rhetoric in the age of Coke and Shakespeare / Allen D. Boyer -- The wilde side of justice in early modern England and Titus Andronicus / Dympna Callaghan and Chris R. Kyle -- "Like to a tenement": landholding, leasing, and inheritance in Richard II / William O. Scott -- Cast out of Eden: property and inheritance in Shakespearean drama / Nancy E. Wright and A. R. Buck -- Avoiding the issue of fraud: 4, 5 Philip & Mary c.8 (the Heiress Protection Statute), Portia and Desdemona / Charles Ross -- Accomplished with what she lacks: law, equity, and Portia's con / Thomas C. Bilello -- Drama and marine insurance in Shakespeare's London / Luke Wilson -- Noises off: participatory justice in 2 Henry VI / Lorna Hutson -- Truth, lies, and the law of slander in Much Ado About Nothing / Cyndia Susan Clegg -- The "amending hand": Hales v. Petit, Eyston V. Studd, and equitable action in Hamlet / Carolyn Sale -- Macbeth: absolutism, the ancient constitution, and the aporia of politics / Peter C. Herman -- Arms and laws in Shakespeare's Coriolanus / Rebecca Lemon -- Measure for Measure and the law of nature / Elizabeth Hanson. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Law.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Law. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Lawyers in literature.
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Lawyers in literature. |
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
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Law. |
| Added Author |
Jordan, Constance.
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Cunningham, Karen, 1946-
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| ISBN |
1403992142 cloth |
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9781403992147 cloth |
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