San Antonio College Library

"In this new collection, leading scholars analyze Shakespeare's plays to show how they shape issues arising from the interpretation of statute and common law as well as respond to new ideas of contract, the rights of subordinates, and the demands of the market. These essays explore what happens to law when it is rendered in fiction, illustrating the complementary relations between play text and legal text, between the dramatization of conflicts on...

"The rise of the Inns of Court (the English legal societies) and their internal organization are described, followed by a study of these societies and their theatrical entertainments ... Special attention is paid to the masques and their elaborate productions between 1526 and 1683 ... The author's evidence indicates that the supposedly humorless profession of lawyers was sufficiently capable of ridiculing itself in dramatic satire, and of offering...

"How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Depends; how many can you afford? The popular image of lawyers is taking a beating. Ironically, at a time when more people than ever hire lawyers, few want to defend them. Daniel Kornstein, a practicing attorney, finds in Shakespeare's drama the way toward a new respect for the profession and its place in contemporary society." "It is no wonder that lawyers and judges quote the Bard more than...