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LITERATURE ABOUT LAW
A LIST OF LITERARY WORKS ABOUT LAW
This
webpage contains a list of works of
literature with legal themes.
  
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LAW
& LITERATURE
SCHOLARSHIP
CHRONOLOGICAL (early
1980s -- present)
This
bibliography
consists of of a chronological listing of law and literature scholarship
from the early 1980s to the present.
[coming soon]
ABOUT PARTICULAR
WRITERS
This
bibliography consists of law and
literature scholarship about particular writers and their literary
works.
WEBSITES AND ONLINE
MATERIALS
LITERATURE
Law in Popular Culture Collection
The Tarlton Library at Texas Law School contains
a terrific set of resources about law, literature, and popular culture.
It also contains an extensive collection of free
online articles
about law and literature.
Billy Budd Interactive
This website contains an annotated text of Billy
Budd with hyperlinks to explanations of key terms. It also
contains useful background information, such as a guide to allusions in
the text, nautical terms, British warships, and more. It has some
good pictures of the warships of the period.
Google Shakespeare
Google has a searchable online collection of all
of Shakespeare's works.
Law and Humanities Homepage
Professor Christine Corcos of LSU Law School has
a great collection of law and literature resources, including
bibliographies, links to resources on specific authors, and more.
FILM AND TELEVISION
Lawyers and the Legal Process in Movies
Contains a list of movies with legal themes
along with brief summaries and useful links.
Picturing Justice
Contains brief articles about law and popular
culture by Michael Asimow, Christine Corcos, John Denvir, Shuba Ghosh,
and David Papke.
Law in Popular Culture Collection
The Tarlton Library at Texas Law School contains
a terrific set of resources about law, literature, and popular culture.
It contains a
bibliography
(with several texts available for free online) of scholarly works about
law and popular culture, primarily about televison and film.
Law in Film Collection
The Southwestern University Law Library has an
extensive list of films with legal themes.
An Annotated List of Law &
Film
Professor Christine Corocos (LSU Law School) has
an annotated list of films about the law.
HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
Arts & Letters Daily
The Chronicle of Higher Education maintains a
website with daily links about literary books and scholarship.
Political Theory Daily
Review
This blog Alfredo Perez has a daily dose of
dozens of links to articles about a wide range of political and
humanities topics.
TRIALS
Famous Trials
Professor Douglas Linder of UMKC School of Law
has fascinating detailed descriptions of famous trials, with pictures,
bibliographies, and useful links. Some of the trials include:
Socrates, Thomas More, John Peter Zenger, Lizzie Borden, Oscar Wilde,
Leopold and Loeb, Nuremberg, Scottsboro, O.J. Simpson, and more.
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