Shakespeare and the Legal Imagination

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Cambridge University Press, 1999 - 241 pages
This work offers an analysis of constitutional law, examining Shakespeare's plays as legal texts. Professor Ward uses the plays as a starting point to investigate the development of constitutional ideas such as sovereignty, commonwealth, conscience and moral law, and the art of government. In the developing area of law and literature, this book examines how Shakespeare's work offers a rich source of textual material on legal subjects.

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Preface
1
CHAPTER I
20
CHAPTER
22
The Machiavellian Moment
39
The Godly Prince and his Godly Commonwealth
55
CHAPTER 3
58
Law Morality and the Politics of Difference
70
The Commonwealth of Morals
76
The Play of the Market
127
Shakespeare and the Challenge of the Market
133
CHAPTER 6
142
The Dark Womb
155
Uncertain Providence
161
CHAPTER 7
169
Catching Consciences
181
The Art of Government
193

The Play of Sexuality
83
CHAPTER 4
93
The Arts of Association
104
CHAPTER 5
115
The Theatre of Misrule
210
Index
233
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