"This is an interesting, well-organized work of the highest caliber." -- Bimonthly Review of Law Books
Part 1 Law and Literature; Part I Relations Between Law and Literature; Chapter 1 The Judicial Opinion and the Poem, James Boyd White; Chapter 2 How Law Is Like Literature, Ronald Dworkin; Chapter 3 Working on the Chain Gang, Stanley Fish; Chapter 4 Law and Literature, Richard Posner; Chapter 5 Convergences, Carolyn Heilbrun, Judith Resnik; Chapter 6 Economic Man and Literary Woman, Robin West; Part II Law, Justice, and Ethics; Chapter 7 Poetry; Chapter 8 Drama; Chapter 9 Prose Fiction; Chapter 10 Prose Nonfiction; Part III Law and Worldview; Chapter 11 Poetry; Chapter 12 Drama; Chapter 13 Prose Fiction; Chapter 14 Prose Nonfiction; Part IV Law and Punishment; Chapter 15 Poetry; Chapter 16 Drama; Chapter 17 Prose Fiction; Chapter 18 Prose Nonfiction; Part V Law and Oppression; Chapter 19 Poetry; Chapter 20 Drama; Chapter 21 Prose Fiction; Chapter 22 Prose Nonfiction; Part VI Law, Language, and Narrative Structure; Chapter 23 Poetry; Chapter 24 Drama; Chapter 25 Prose Fiction; Chapter 26 Prose Nonfiction; Part VII Law and Comedy; Chapter 27 Poetry; Chapter 28 Drama; Chapter 29 Prose Fiction; Chapter 30 Prose Nonfiction;
Lenora Ledwon holds a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame. She teaches law and literature and legal writing at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia, and has published articles in various journals.