As You Law It - Negotiating Shakespeare (Volume 15)

Shakespeare was fascinated by law, which permeated Elizabethan everyday life. The general impression one derives from the analysis of many plays by Shakespeare is that of a legal situation in transformation and of a dynamically changing relation between law and society, law and the jurisdiction of R...

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Other Authors: Carpi, Daniela (Editor), Ost, François (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: De Gruyter 2018
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