Shakespeare and the Law by Gary Watt

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Shakespeare and the Law argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, but with its capacity to generate drama through dispute and playing with rules.

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Shakespeare and the Law by Gary Watt

Shakespeare and the Law argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, but with its capacity to generate drama through dispute and playing with rules.
Gary Watt is Professor of Law, The University of Warwick. He co-founded the journal Law and Humanities and is general editor of Bloomsbury's Cultural History of Law. He has held a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship on rhetorical performance and as a National Teaching Fellow and national 'Law Teacher of the Year' (2009) for many years delivered rhetoric workshops for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His books include Shakespeare's Acts of Will (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare), Dress, Law, and Naked Truth (Bloomsbury), Trusts and Equity (Oxford), The Making Sense of Politics, Media, and Law (Cambridge) and Equity Stirring (Hart).
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ISBN 13 9780198877073
ISBN 10 0198877072
Title Shakespeare and the Law
Author Gary Watt
Series Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2024-10-24
Number of pages 208
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