Justice as Translation James Boyd White Law and Literature Legal Criticism HC
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Justice as Translation James Boyd White Law and Literature Legal Criticism HC. Extending the "constitutive rhetoric" of his earlier. Justice as Translation. Reading & Translation. Toward Cultural Criticism. Law & Literature · Language, Culture & Justice. His books —. Acts of Hope — helped create the field oflaw and the humanities. Justice as Translation — James Boyd White (Chicago, 1990) Law & Literature · Language, Culture & Justice Very Good / VG Jacket Univ. of Chicago · 1990 1st Printing Hardcover w/ DJ James Boyd White Justice as Translation An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism A landmark essay from the founder of the "law and literature" movement — reimagining law, judgment, and reading itself as acts of translation between persons and cultures. By James Boyd White · The University of Chicago Press · 1990 · first printing · hardcover with dust jacket · xviii + 313 pp · ISBN 0-226-89495-9 About the Book In Justice as Translation, James Boyd White — widely credited with founding the "law and literature" movement — argues that analytic philosophy and economics are inadequate tools for criticizing law, and turns instead to the practice of translation. To read a judicial opinion well, or to do justice, is to translate: to carry meaning across the gaps between texts, persons, and cultures, always with humility about what is lost. Extending the "constitutive rhetoric" of his earlier When Words Lose Their Meaning, White reads Fourth Amendment cases, the slave cases, and debates over "original intention" and "plain meaning" to show how a judge builds an ethical and political community with readers — and how we might thoughtfully criticize that work. Worth Knowing White is the Hart Wright Professor of Law and a professor of English and classical studies at the University of Michigan. His books — The Legal Imagination, When Words Lose Their Meaning, and Acts of Hope — helped create the field of law and the humanities . Law as Language Legal thought as rhetoric, not just rules. Reading & Translation Justice as carrying meaning across gaps. Judging the Cases Fourth Amendment, slavery, "plain meaning." Toward Cultural Criticism A method that reaches beyond the law. TitleJustice as Translation SubtitleAn Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism AuthorJames Boyd White PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press · 1990 EditionFirst printing (full number line) FormatHardcover with dust jacket · 313 pp ISBN0-226-89495-9 ConditionVery Good / VG Jacket Condition Report VERY GOOD / VG JACKET Dust jacket shows some minor shelf wear. A previous owner's name is written on the first page; no other writing or markings. First printing, with full number line. Binding tight; pages clean and crisp. No highlighting or underlining anywhere. Ideal For Law & Literature / Humanities Legal Theory & Jurisprudence Rhetoric & Criticism Philosophy of Language Students & Scholars Enlightening Minds Same or Next Business Day Shipping · All Flaws Disclosed · Questions Welcome
