TY - BOOK AU - Lind,Hans J. TI - Fictional discourse and the law SN - 9780429468414 AV - PN56.L33 U1 - 809/.933554 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Law and literature KW - Discourse analysis, Literary KW - Discourse analysis, Narrative KW - Literature KW - Philosophy KW - LAW / General KW - bisacsh KW - LAW / Jurisprudence KW - LAW / Legal Writing N2 - Drawing on insights from literary theory and analytical philosophy, this book analyzes the intersection of law and literature from the distinct and unique perspective of fictional discourse. Pursuing an empirical approach, and using examples that range from Victorian literature to the current judicial treatment of rap music, the volume challenges the prevailing fact-fiction dichotomy in legal theory and practiceby providinga better understanding of the peculiarities of legal fictionality, while also contributing further material to fictional theory's endeavor to find a transdisciplinary valid criterion for a definition of fictional discourse. Following the basic presumptions of the early law-as-literature movement, past approaches have mainly focused on textuality and narrativity as the common denominators of law and literature, and have largely ignored the topic of fictionality. This volume provides a much needed analysis of this gap. The book will be of interest to scholars of legal theory, jurisprudence and legal writing, along with literature scholars and students of literature and the humanities UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429468414 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -