Title: Dante and the limits of the law /
Authors: Steinberg, Justin
Year: 2013
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, Knowledge Law.; Law in literature.
Abstract: In this work, Justin Steinberg offers a comprehensive study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. Steinberg reveals how Dante imagines an afterlife dominated by elaborate laws, hierarchical jurisdictions, and rationalized punishments and rewards.
Contents: Beneath the law: infamia -- Beyond the law: arbitrium -- Above the law: privilegium -- Beside the law: pactum.