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016			_z20109067614 (print)
020			_a9781442661646 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aK230 _b.R448 2011
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aGordon, Randy D., _d1955- _e1
245	1	0	_aRehumanizing law : _ba theory of law and democracy / _cRandy D. Gordon.
260			_aToronto ; _aBuffalo : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c(c)2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 286 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-- University of Edinburgh, 2009.
504			_a2
520	0		_aRandy D. Gordon illustrates the bridge between narrative and law by considering whether literature can prompt legislation. Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Gordon shows that literary works can figure in important regulatory measures. Discussing the rule of law in relation to democracy, he reads Melville's Billy Budd and analyses the O.J. Simpson and Rodney King cases.
520	0		_aThis highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. --Book Jacket.
505	0	0	_a1. Law and narrative: Re-examining the relationship -- _tDescribing law in terms of autonomy -- _tNarrative as the basis of law and the humanities -- _tShelley's case, Part 1 Law of The Jungle -- _tShelley's case, Part 2 Silent Spring -- _tLaw, literature, and narrative -- _tWhat Is narrative? -- _tHow narratives interact to influence legislation -- _tText in context -- _tWhat's truth have to do with it? -- _tWhose story to believe? -- _t2. Institutionalizing narratives -- _tNarrative and the normative syllogism -- _tThe narrative nudge -- _tWhen narratives clash -- _tChanges in narrative, changes in Law -- _tLaw's constraints: Generic or precedential? -- _tNovelizing law -- _tResisting narratives: Keeping the outside out -- _tAbsorbing narratives: Letting the outside In -- _tWhat law can learn from literature (and history) -- _t3. Law, narrative, and democracy -- _tThe rule of law and its limits -- _tToward a democratic rule of law -- _tThe jury as a structural safeguard of democracy -- _tThe democratic role of interpretive communities -- _tA study in contrasts: The Rodney King and O.J. Simpson juries -- _tIs jury nullification democratic and within the rule of law? -- _tSome thoughts on democratic interpretation -- _t4. Narrative as democratic reasoning -- _tThe narrative shape of deliberation -- _tLaw-as-discipline -- _tThe problem with appellate practice and appellate opinions -- _t(Re)Introducing narratives across the profession -- _tDemocratic education, practical reason, and the law.
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650		0	_aLaw _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aCriticism.
650		0	_aLaw and literature.
650		0	_aLaw in literature.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682783&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell