Futures of Law and Literature: A Preliminary Overview from a Culturalist Perspective

Recht und Literatur im Zwischenraum/Law and Literature In-Between: Aktuelle inter- und transdisziplinäre Zugänge/Contemporary Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches. Ed. Christian Hiebaum, Susanne Knaller, Doris Pichler. Bielefeld: transcript. 37-69 (2015)

33 Pages Posted: 26 Feb 2016

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Greta Olson

Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Date Written: 2015

Abstract

Two meta-narratives concerning developments in Law and Literature currently prevail. One suggests that the post-1970 movement that was spearheaded by reformist US American legal teachers such as J. B. White, Richard Weisberg, Robin West, and the moral philosopher Martha Nussbaum is no longer viable. Accordingly, the movement is adjudged to be politically and methodologically passé. Further, a discourse is emerging within legal theory that says that since law once housed all of the disciplines currently used to interrogate it, it does not need literature (or anthropology or sociology for that matter) to reflect on its practice. The other narrative says that the historical and geographical moment that marked Law and Literature as US American has been replaced. “Law and Literature” has metamorphosed into a number of different interdisciplinary local and transnational ventures. Accordingly, a polysemic Law and Literature needs to develop a new form of self-reflection about its practice.

Keywords: Law, Literature, US Ameria, culture, legal system, humanities, narrative

Suggested Citation

Olson, Greta, Futures of Law and Literature: A Preliminary Overview from a Culturalist Perspective (2015). Recht und Literatur im Zwischenraum/Law and Literature In-Between: Aktuelle inter- und transdisziplinäre Zugänge/Contemporary Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches. Ed. Christian Hiebaum, Susanne Knaller, Doris Pichler. Bielefeld: transcript. 37-69 (2015), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2737890

Greta Olson (Contact Author)

Justus-Liebig-University Giessen ( email )

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