Course Number
339
Credits
3
Area of Study & Practice
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Law and Literature
This course concentrates on possible relationships between law and literature. The major themes will be depiction of law and lawyers in popular and highbrow fiction; relationship between the interpretation of legal and literary texts; law in utopia and dystopia; crime and punishment; romantic conception of authorship in copyright, interpretation, and social theory. The course involves considerable reading, including works from some of the major academic debates in the ''law and literature movement'' and from cognate debates in legal interpretation.
Please note that course organization and content may vary substantially from semester to semester and descriptions are not necessarily professor specific. Please contact the instructor directly if you have particular course-related questions.
Sections/Instructors
James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Fall 2012
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James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Spring 2012
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James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Fall 2008
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James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Spring 2006
James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Spring 2005
James Boyle
Law and Literature 339.01
Spring 2004