Impassioned Jurisprudence: Law, Literature, and Emotion, 1760–1848

Author:   Nancy E. Johnson ,  Simon Stern ,  J.T. Scanlan ,  Melissa J. Ganz
Publisher:   Bucknell University Press
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Pages:   188
Publication Date:   12 June 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Nancy E. Johnson ,  Simon Stern ,  J.T. Scanlan ,  Melissa J. Ganz
Publisher:   Bucknell University Press
Imprint:   Bucknell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781611486759


ISBN 10:   1611486750
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   12 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 1: Blackstone’s Legal Actors: The Passions of a Rational Jurist by Simon Stern Chapter 2: Narrative Sentiment in Adam Smith’s Lectures on Jurisprudence by Nancy E. Johnson Chapter 3: ‘How Like You the Eloquence of a Young Barrister?: Love and the Law in Boswell’s Development as a Writer in the Late 1760s by J.T. Scanlan Chapter 4: Freedom and Fetters: Nuptial Law in Burney’s The Wanderer by Melissa J. Ganz Chapter 5: Doubled Jeopardy: The Condemned Woman as Historical Relic by Erin Sheley Chapter 6: The Madness of Sovereignty: George III and the Known Unknown of Torture by Peter de Bolla Chapter 7: The Great Dramatist: Macaulay and the English Constitution by Ian Ward Appendix: Timeline of Selected Legal Publications, Legislation and Events Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Nancy E. Johnson is associate professor of English and Chair of the English Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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