Impassioned jurisprudence law, literature, and emotion, 1760-1848 / edited by Nancy E. Johnson.

Other author Johnson, Nancy E., 1956-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxxv, 172 pages ; 23 cm.
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SeriesAperçus : histories texts cultures
Contents Introduction / Nancy E. Johnson -- Blackstone's legal actors : the passions of a rational jurist / Simon Stern -- Narrative sentiment in Adam Smith's lectures on jurisprudence / Nancy E. Johnson -- "How like you the eloquence of a young barrister" : love and the law in Boswell's development as a writer in the late 1760s / J.T. Scanlan -- Freedom and fetters : nuptial law in Burney's The Wanderer / Melissa J. Ganz -- Doubled jeopardy : the condemned woman as historical relic / Erin Sheley -- The madness of sovereignty : George III and the known unknown of torture / Peter de Bolla -- The great dramatist : Macaulay and the English constitution / Ian Ward.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
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LCCN 2015005920
ISBN9781611486759 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611486773 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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