1st Edition
The Performance of Law Everyday Lawyering at the Intersection of Advocacy and Imagination
By Randy Gordon
Copyright 2023
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book considers how law is always enacted, or performed, in ways that can be analyzed in relation to fiction, theatre, and other dramatic forms.
Of necessity, lawyers and judges need to devise techniques to make rules respond situationally. The performance of law supplements, or it extends the reach of, the law-as-written. And, in this respect, the act of lawyering is in many ways an... Read more
Introduction, Overview of Book, 1. Fiction as a Mode of Justice, 2. Institutionalizing Exemplary Narratives: Stories as Models for and Movers of Law, 3. Law and Its Places of Performance, 4. Law-as-Performance, 5. Legal Narratives Performed and Imagined, 6. What is a Virtuous Lawyer? Adventures in Interpretation, A Conclusion without Closure
Biography
Randy Gordon is Executive Professor of Law and History at Texas A&M University. He is the Founding Managing Partner of the Dallas office of Duane Morris LLP, where he focuses on antitrust, RICO, class-action, and university-related matters.
