LAWS6968 – Law & Literature

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Objectives

The purpose of the unit is to offer access to fundamental problems of legal philosophy not through philosophical but through literary texts.

Content

From Shakespeare to Brecht, from Melville to Camus; the role of the narrative and problems of interpretation in law and literature.

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
1, 2 & 15, 16 March 2013

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

Class Participation (30%)
7 X Short Reflective Pieces of approximately 1,000 Word each (total 7,000 Word) on a selection of the readings for the unit no later than two weeks prior to the first class (70%)