RESOURCES
compiled by
Professor Daniel J. Solove
A LIST OF LITERARY WORKS ABOUT LAW
This webpage contains a list of works of literature with legal themes.
CHRONOLOGICAL (early 1980s -- present)
This bibliography consists of of a chronological listing of law and literature scholarship from the early 1980s to the present.
ABOUT PARTICULAR WRITERS
This bibliography consists of law and literature scholarship about particular writers and their literary works.
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.
LAW & LITERATURE
YALE JOURNAL OF LAW & THE HUMANITIES
LAW, CULTURE, AND THE HUMANITIES
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