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Informationen zum Autor Peter Goodrich Klappentext "Law in the Courts of Love" traces the literary history and diversity of past legal systems. These "minor jurisprudences" range from the spiritual laws of the courts of conscience to the code and judgements of love handed down by women's courts in medieval France. Peter Goodrich presents the 15th Century Courts of Love in Paris as one instance of an alternative jurisdiction drawn from the diversities of the legal and literary past. These studies trace certain boundaries of modern law and make up one of many forms of legal knowledge which escape today's vision of unitary law. "Law in the Courts of Love" shows how the historical diversity of forms and procedures of law can competently form the basis for critical revisions of contemporary legal doctrine and professional practice. Zusammenfassung In the wake of current criticisms of the legal profession, Peter Goodrich presents us with a radical alternative vision of the law. He examines past legal systems offering up the possibility of a more humane system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Salem and Bizance; Chapter 2 Law in the Courts of Love; Chapter 3 Eating law; Chapter 4 Specula laws; Chapter 5 Of law and forgetting; Chapter 6 Transmission and law; Chapter 7 Fate as seduction; Chapter 8 Sleeping with the enemy;
