Loving justice : legal emotions in William Blackstone's England /
Temple, Kathryn,1955-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: shaping legal emotions in Blackstone's England -- What's love got to do with it?: desire, disgust, and the ends of marriage law -- Blackstone's last tear?: productive melancholia and the sense of no ending -- The orator's dilemma: public embarrassment and the promise of the book -- Terror, torture, and the tender heart of the law -- 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.
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
Commentaries on the laws of England (Blackstone, William)
Justice in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Law
Practice of law
Law
Law and aesthetics.
Emotions in literature.
Justice in literature.
Law.
Law and aesthetics.
Law
Practice of law