Great Trials and the Law in the Historical Imagination - A Law and Humanities Approach

This book introduces readers to issues in legal, historical, and cultural interpretation by examining six well-known historical trials through works of art that portray them.

List of contents

Part I: Ancients, 1. The Trial of Socrates: Democracy and Truth in the Apology, 2. Cicero and the Trial of Gaius Verres: ‘Civic Corruption’, the Rule of Law, and the Analogy of Republican Rome, 3. The Trial of Jesus: Law, Narrative, and Nomos in the Gospel according to Mark, Part II: Moderns, 4. The Trial of Thomas More: Authentic Selfhood and Procedural Law in A Man for All Seasons, 5. The Salem Witch Trials: The Tragedy of Law in The Crucible, 6. The Great Monkey Trial: Historical ‘Memory’ and the ‘Politics of Eternity’, Epilogue, The Vicissitudes of a Fictional Character: Time, Atticus Finch, and Constitutional Evil

About the author

Russell L. Dees is Lecturer in Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Summary

This book introduces readers to issues in legal, historical, and cultural interpretation by examining six well-known historical trials through works of art that portray them.

Product details

• Authors: Russell L. Dees
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032299969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229996-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures