Keywords:
Blackstone, William,-1723-1780.-Commentaries on the laws of England
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Justice in literature
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Emotions in literature
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Law-England-History
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Practice of law-England-Psychological aspects
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Law-Psychological aspects
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Law and aesthetics
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Blackstone, William,-1723-1780-Criticism and interpretation
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- LOVING JUSTICE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Shaping Legal Emotions in Blackstone's England -- 1. What's Love Got to Do with It?: Desire, Disgust, and the Ends of Marriage Law -- 2. Blackstone's "Last Tear": Productive Melancholia and the Sense of No Ending -- 3. The Orator's Dilemma: Public Embarrassment and the Promise of the Book -- 4. Terror, Torture, and the Tender Heart of the Law -- 5. Blackstone's Long Tail: The (Un)Happiness of Harmonic Justice -- Coda: Excessive Subjectivity Is the New Subjectivity (Speculations) -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (276 pages)
ISBN:
9781479832637
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5774086
DDC:
349.42
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
