Cannons and Codes: Law, Literature, and America's Wars
- ISBN-10
- 0197509371
- ISBN-13
- 9780197509371
- Category
- American literature
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03
- Authors
- Jonathan S. Masur, Martha C. Nussbaum, Alison L. LaCroix
Description
This edited volume on war in law and literature addresses the many ways in which war affects human society and the many groups of people whose lives are affected by war. The essays, by preeminent scholars, discuss the ways in which literary works can shed light on legal thinking about war, and how a deep understanding of law can lead to interpretive insights on literary works. Some concern the lives of soldiers; others focus on civilians living in war zones, whoare caught up in the conflict; still others address themselves to the home front, far from the theatre of war. By collecting such diverse perspectives, with contributions from preeminent scholars of philosophy, literature, and law, this volume aims to show how literature has reflected the totalizingnature of war and the ways in which it distorts law across domains.
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