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| Other authors / contributors: | Cormack, Bradin, editor.
Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- editor.
Strier, Richard, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9780226924946
0226924947
0226924947
9781299276680
1299276687
9780226924939
0226924939
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| Notes: | "This collection emerges out of a conference on 'Shakespeare and the law' held at the University of Chicago in spring 2009"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | William Shakespeare is inextricably linked with the law. Legal documents make up most of the records we have of his life, and trials, lawsuits, and legal terms permeate his plays. Gathering an extraordinary team of literary and legal scholars, philosophers, and even sitting judges, Shakespeare and the Law demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts and legal practice points to a deep and sometimes vexed engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. Shakespeare and the Law opens with thre.
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| Other form: | Print version: Shakespeare and the law. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226924939
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