The Death of Law and Literature

Heald, Paul

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1407698

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The Death of Law and Literature

Paul J. Heald

University of Illinois College of Law; Bournemouth University - Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM)

May 20, 2009

UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-006

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Thirty years after the publication of James B. White's iconic THE LEGAL IMAGINATION, Law & Literature scholarship has gained no traction in the practice of law. This essay, prompted by a session of teaching Ariel Dorfman's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN to federal judges, explains why our scholarship has no impact, but fiction itself is very influential.

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Keywords: Law and Literature, Dorfman, Death and the Maiden, rhetoric, Fish, White, Weisberg, transitional justice

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Date posted: May 21, 2009

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Heald, Paul J., The Death of Law and Literature (May 20, 2009). UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1407698 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1407698

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Paul J. Heald (Contact Author) University of Illinois College of Law ( email ) 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820 United States 706-372-2567 (Phone) HOME PAGE: http://www.law.illinois.edu/faculty/profile/PaulHeald
Bournemouth University - Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) 89 Holdenhurst Road Bournemouth Dorset, BH8 8EB United Kingdom

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The Death of Law and Literature

Paul J. Heald

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