Law and Literature – a Meaningful Connection
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2015
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Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Instytut Filozofii UAM
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The connection between law and (imaginative) literature can
still affect surprisingly. The theme of the present article is to summarize
some of the basic features of the movement, which is called
„Law and Literature” and to suggest some starting-points with
which it is associated. These starting points include, for instance
linguistic conception of law, narratology in law or the relations
between law and culture. The article offers an overview of the classical
approaches connecting law and literature and mentions the
reasons for this connection: e.g. cultivation of law and lawyers,
improvement of judicial decisions or improvement of legal interpretation.
Some of the findings resulting from the joint of law and
literature can be used in practice and goes beyond „mere” theory.
The article is to be seen as an introduction to the movement
of „Law and Literature”, presentation of ideas on which this movement
is based and offering the possibility of its further development.
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Law and Literature, interpretation, legal philosophy, legal language, legal culture, narrative, sociology of law
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Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2015, Tom 4, Nr 1, pp. 6-20.
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2299-1875