Shakespeare's imaginary constitution [electronic resource] : late-Elizabethan politics and the theatre of law / Paul Raffield.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford, U.K. ; Portland, Ore. : Hart Pub., 2010Description: xv, 253 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Law | Law and literature -- History -- 16th century | Law and literature -- History -- 17th century | Law -- England -- History -- 16th century | Law -- England -- History -- 17th century | Law in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: PR3028 | .R34 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
1. 'Terras astraea reliquit' : Titus Andronicus and the flight of justice -- 2. The Comedy of errors and the meaning of contract -- 3. Reflections on the art of kingship : Richard II and the subject of law -- 4. The poetic imagination, antique fables and the dream of law -- 5. The ancient constitution, common law and the idyll of Albion : law and lawyers in Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 -- 6. The congregation of the mighty : the juridical state and the measure of justice.
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