Creon's ghost
Subtitle: law, justice, and the humanities
By: Joseph Tomain.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780195333411
Subjects: Law -- Philosophy; Law and literature; Law in literature
Description: This book pairs literary and philosophical stories from the humanities with various contemporary jurisprudential accounts of why morality should or should not enter into the theory and practice of the law, demonstrating how the humanities can illuminate our understanding of the law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Creon's ghost; title: Shadows and light; title: Rule and measure; title: The ancient courts of ancient men; title: Law breaking; title: Law's practical theory; title: Timeliness and justice; title: A poet dies.