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23 Apr 2014, 6:09 pm
It has long been remarked that the author of Shakespeare's plays showed an uncanny knowledge of Elizabethan law and court procedures.By comparing his now greatly expanded database of Shakespeare's handwriting to other documents connected with the author, Charles Hamilton was able to show that Shakespeare also drafted conveyances, mortgages, and even his father's successive applications for a coat-of-arms. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 8:28 am
Its power politics are not, as in many of Shakespeare's other plays, merely latent, lurking beneath the patina of an otherwise functioning legal order. [read post]
17 May 2010, 5:21 pm
Here is the abstract: Legal scholars love to use Shakespeare’s works as stimuli and even models for legal analysis. [read post]
9 Feb 2019, 8:35 pm
Botolph StreetBoston, MA 02115The Federalist Society, McCarter & English, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presentShakespeare and the Law 2019 Belief and the Burden of Proof through the Lens of Six of the Bard's PlaysThe Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, McCarter & English, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC), present the 16th Annual Shakespeare and the Law Program. [read post]
9 Feb 2019, 8:35 pm
Botolph StreetBoston, MA 02115The Federalist Society, McCarter & English, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presentShakespeare and the Law 2019 Belief and the Burden of Proof through the Lens of Six of the Bard's PlaysThe Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, McCarter & English, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC), present the 16th Annual Shakespeare and the Law Program. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 2:48 pm
Rebecca Lemon has published the book Treason by Words: Literature, Law, And Rebellion in Shakespeare's England (Cornell, 2006).From the book description:Under the Tudor monarchy, English law expanded to include the category of "treason by words. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 12:30 pm
Why study Shakespeare in law school? [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 1:30 pm
This Time magazine article from 1964 offers an amusing overview of Shakespeare's wittier references to the law. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 8:58 am
Many of Shakespeare’s plays concerned lawyers [...] [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 1:26 am
“A senior appeal court judge livened up a hearing over a boundary dispute yesterday by quoting from Shakespeare. [read post]
7 Aug 2016, 3:22 pm
” Although these occurrences may seem commonplace today, in Shakespeare’s time they were surprising and intriguing. [read post]
25 May 2008, 2:08 pm
From the abstract: Many readers have noted the abundant references to law in Shakespeare's Hamlet. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 3:54 pm
We've Found Shakespeare's Dictionary! [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 10:21 am
Following up on Wednesday's Richard III story, Alexandra Petri in the WaPo offers up a bit of dark humor on other Shakespeare tragic characters. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 1:35 pm
New on YouTube: Dr Hannah Crawforth, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King's College, London and Professor Lorenzo Zucca, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College, discussing Shakespeare and the Law, a module for undergraduates offered by the Department of English and the Dickson Poon School of Law. [read post]
18 May 2007, 3:01 am
Clive James salutes all those eighth-grade teachers (ours, and Shakespeare's) who made us diagram all those sentences:[U]nless we ourselves know quite a lot about how grammar works, there will be severe limits on our capacity to understand what [Shakespeare] wrote, especially when he seems to be at his most untrammelled. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 6:06 am
So Happy 450th from the legal profession, Shakespeare. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 9:28 am
Last month, the Law School hosted an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to exploring the legal dimensions of Shakespeare's plays. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 9:00 am
Shakespeare's Binding Language gives a freshly researched account of these contexts, but it is focused on the plays. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 9:00 am
Shakespeare's Binding Language gives a freshly researched account of these contexts, but it is focused on the plays. [read post]
