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Author:

Raffield, Paul.

Title:

Shakespeare's imaginary constitution : late Elizabethan politics and the theatre of law / Paul Raffield.

Publisher:

Hart,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xv, 253 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Law.--Law.
Law and literature--History--16th century.
Law and literature--History--17th century.
Law--England--History--16th century.
Law--England--History--17th century.
Law in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and index.

Contents:

Terras Astraea reliquit : Titus Andronicus and the flight of justice -- The Comedy of errors and the meaning of contract -- Reflections on the art of kingship : Richard II and the subject of law -- The poetic imagination, antique fables and the dream of law -- The ancient constitution, common law, and the idyll of Albion : law and lawyers in Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 -- The congregation of the mighty : the juridical state and the measure of justice.

ISBN:

1841139211 (hbk.)
9781841139210 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)630453229

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)