Piercing the Corporate Veil - With a Stake? Vampire Imagery in American Caselaw
Sharon Sutherland
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
2003
Abstract:
This paper examines the use of metaphoric representations of vampires in judicial writing. Although relatively unexplored in the literature of vampire studies, in both of these cases vampire imagery reflects the cultural milieu of the author and acts as a barometer to popular attitudes.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 6
Keywords: Vampire, metaphor, law as literature
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Sutherland, Sharon , Piercing the Corporate Veil - With a Stake? Vampire Imagery in American Caselaw (2003). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=796826 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.796826
