Law?s Metaphors: Interrogating Languages of Law, Justice and Legitimacy
David Gurnham
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Description for Law?s Metaphors: Interrogating Languages of Law, Justice and Legitimacy
Paperback. Law s Metaphors: Interrogating Languages of Law, Justice and Legitimacy presents a series of essays that reveal how metaphors for terms relating to the theory and practice of law are utilized in legal texts, literary works, and in our popular imagination. Editor(s): Gurnham, David. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JH; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
Law’s Metaphors: Interrogating Languages of Law, Justice and Legitimacy presents a series of essays that reveal how metaphors for terms relating to the theory and practice of law are utilized in legal texts, literary works, and in our popular imagination.
- Represents an innovative approach to interdisciplinary legal scholarship
- Features new developments in theorizing law’s relations with language, society, and culture
- Includes contributions from European and North American scholars across several relevant disciplines
- Reveals the prevalence and power of the use of metaphors in the legal profession and in the popular imagination
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Journal of Law and Society Special Issues
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119266822
SKU
V9781119266822
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Ref
99-37
About David Gurnham
David Gurnham is Associate Professor in Law, University of Southampton, UK. His books include Crime, Desire and Law’s Unconscious: Law, Literature and Culture (2014), and Memory, Imagination, Justice: Intersections of Law and Literature (2009).
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