Heracles' Bow: Essays On The Rhetoric & Poetics Of The Law

by James Boyd White

Book Overview

The law has traditionally been regarded as a set of rules and institutions. In this thoughtful series of essays, James Boyd White urges a fresh view of the law as an essentially literary, rhetorical, and ethical activity. Defining and elaborating his conception, he artfully bridges the fields of jurisprudence, literature, philosophy, history, and political science. The result, a new approach that may change the way we perceive the legal process, will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299104141
• ISBN13: 9780299104146
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"