The Performance of Law: Everyday Lawyering at the Intersection of Advocacy and Imagination

by Randy Gordon

Overview

This book considers how law is always enacted, or performed, in ways that can be analysed in relation to fiction, theatre, and other dramatic forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032303376
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2024
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Randy Gordon is Executive Professor of Law and History at Texas A&M University. He is the Founding Managing Partner of the Dallas office of Duane Morris LLP, where he focuses on antitrust, RICO, class-action, and university-related matters.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Overview of Book, 1. Fiction as a Mode of Justice, 2. Institutionalizing Exemplary Narratives: Stories as Models for and Movers of Law, 3. Law and Its Places of Performance, 4. Law-as-Performance, 5. Legal Narratives Performed and Imagined, 6. What is a Virtuous Lawyer? Adventures in Interpretation, A Conclusion without Closure