Jurisprudence noire
Article Abstract:
The author analyzes Lawrence Joseph's book "Lawyerland," concluding that it does not easily fit into the existing body of legal study. He concludes that to try to extract ideas or theories out of the book would be to do it an injustice.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
The lawyer as confidence-man
Article Abstract:
The author compares Lawrence Joseph's "Lawyerland" both to Herman Melville's "The Confidence-Man" and to Joseph's previous works. She concludes that the work reflects both Joseph's optimism and pessimism.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Does "law and literature" survive Lawyerland?
Article Abstract:
The author discusses the "anti-poetic" traits of the characters in Lawrence Joseph's "Lawyerland," and examines the significance of the work for the concept of law as literature.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Securities law; selective disclosure. Securities law; electronic media. Securities law; tackling new Reg. FD
- Abstracts: Securities; day trading. Securities law; the SEC's IPO probe. Securities law; stock for legal work
- Abstracts: Come see the legal side of Sears. Lawyer deals with luxury lodgings. Learning lessons from huge mergers
- Abstracts: Rethinking employment law strategies. Understanding mass claims panels
- Abstracts: Looking forward. Live by the sword.... Inside the Drug Emporium decision