Loving Justice : Legal Emotions in William Blackstone's England

Loving Justice Legal Emotions in William Blackstone's England

William Blackstone's masterpiece, 'Commentaries on the Laws of England' (1765-1769), famously took the "ungodly jumble" of English law and transformed it into an elegant and easily transportable four-volume summary. Soon after publication, the work became an international mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Temple, Kathryn, 1955- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press [2019]
Colección:NYU scholarship online.
Materias:
Blackstone, William, > 1723-1780.
Blackstone, William, > 1723-1780. > Commentaries on the laws of England.
Commentaries on the laws of England (Blackstone, William)
Practice of law > Psychological aspects.
Law > Psychological aspects.
Law and aesthetics.
Law.
Justice in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Practice of law > England > Psychological aspects.
Law > England > History.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817329306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Shaping legal emotions in Blackstone's England
  • What's love got to do with it? : desire, disgust, and the ends of marriage law
  • Blackstone's "last tear" : productive melancholia and the sense of no ending
  • The orator's dilemma : public embarrassment and the promise of the book
  • Terror, torture, and the tender heart of the law
  • Blackstone's long tail : the (un)happiness of harmonic justice
  • Coda: Excessive subjectivity is the new subjectivity (speculations).

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