law and literature

law and literature
An interdisciplinary study that examines the relationship between the fields of law and literature, with each field borrowing insights and methods of analysis from the other.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


law and literature
An interdisciplinary study that examines the relationship between the fields of law and literature, with each field borrowing insights and methods of analysis from the other.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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