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| Law and Literature and LGBT Theory Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:24 PM PST Anne Goldstein, Western New England University School of Law, has published Law and Literature: Representing Lesbians at 1 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 301 (1992). Here is the abstract. What is involved in representing a lesbian in law or in literature? The premise of this Article is that the work of novelists is enough like the work of lawyers that useful insights can be drawn in at least one direction. That is, lawyers can learn how to represent lesbian clients better by studying books with lesbian characters. Also available at Representing Women: Law, Literature and Feminism 356 (Susan Sage Heinzelman and Zipporah Batshaw Wiseman eds.; Duke University Press, 1994). Download the article from SSRN at the link. The abstract/article has recently appeared in SSRN.   |
| Women in Law and Literature Texts Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:15 PM PST Joyce A. McCray Pearson, University of Kansas School of Law, has published The Good, Bad, or Ugly: Women in Law and Literature Text (sic)in the Online Journal of Law and Popular Culture, 2003/2004. Here is the abstract. An analysis of the legal and sociological ramifications of acts of violence perpetrated by women in literature. |
Sophocles' "Antigone," Susan Glaspell's modern theatrical drama "Trifles," (later adapted into the short story, "A Jury of Her Peers"), and Scott Turow's novel Presumed Innocent provide powerful examples of how women's acts of violence are either vilified or lionized in fiction. The author then examines how the law would characterize the women's actions. The full text is not available from SSRN. This abstract has recently appeared on SSRN.
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HBO is showing a documentary for Valentine's Day that truly marks the occasion: "The Loving Story" tells the drama, and the love, behind one of the more remarkable court battles of the 1960s. Richard and Mildred Loving were the interracial couple who enlisted the assistance of the federal government and the ACLU when Virginia officials told them their marriage was illegal under state law. The Supreme Court eventually struck down the statute. The documentary airs tonight. A docudrama made in 1996, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, starred Lela Rochon and Timothy Hutton. It is available used from some dealers.
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