Prelims; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; I Shakespeare, Money and the Law of Contract; 1 Shakespeare and Specific Performance; 2 Consideration, Contract and the End of The Comedy of Errors; II Shakespeare, Women and the Law; 3 The Bawdy Court; 4 Shakespeare and the Marriage Contract; 5 Judging Isabella: Justice, Care and Relationships in Measure for Measure; III Shakespeare and the Law of Love; 6 Shakespeare Possessed: Legal Affect and the Time of Holding; 7 The Tragedy of Law in Shakespearean Romance; 8 Law and its Subversion in Romeo and Juliet.
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15 The Law of Dramatic Properties in The Merchant of Venice16 Shylock in Transylvania: Anti-Semitism and the Law in East Central Europe; 17 Shylock as a Politician; 18 The Concept and Performance of 'The Code' in The Merchant of Venice; Index.
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IV Justice and the Royal Prerogative9 'The King is a Thing': the King's Prerogative and the Treasure of the Realm in Plowden's Report of the Case of Mines and Shakespeare's Hamlet; 10 Inheritance in the Legal and Ideological Debate of Shakespeare's King Lear; V Violence, the State and the Citizen; 11 Punishment Theory in the Renaissance: the Law and the Drama; 12 Terrorists and Equivocators; 13 'Terras Astraea reliquit': Titus Andronicus and the Loss of Justice; 14 Titus Andronicus vs Le More Cruel and Les Portugais Infortunés; VI The Merchant of Venice and the Infinite Meanings of 'Law'
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In July 2007, the School of Law at the University of Warwick hosted an international conference on 'Shakespeare and the Law'. This was a truly interdisciplinary event, which included contributions from eminent speakers in the fields of English, history, theatre and law. The intention was to provide a congenial forum for the exploration, dissemination and discussion of Shakespeare's evident fascination with and knowledge of law, and its manifestation in his works. The papers included in this volume reflect the diverse academic interests of participants at the conference. The eclectic themes o.