Law, Equity and Romantic Writing

Seeking Justice in the Age of Revolutions

Michael Demson editor Regina Hewitt editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:30th Sep '24

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This volume examines the activity of seeking justice through literature during the "age of revolutions" (c. 1750 1850), marked by efforts to expand political and human rights and rethink attitudes towards poverty and criminality. While the chapters revolve around legal topics, they concentrate on literary engagements with the experience of the law, revealing how people perceive the fairness of a given legal order and work with and against regulations to adjust the rule of law to the demands of conscience. The volume updates analysis of this conflict between law and equity by drawing on the concept of "epistemic injustice" to describe the harm done to personal identity and collective flourishing by the uneven distribution of resources and the wish to punish breaches of order. It shows how writing and reading can foment inquiries into the meanings of 'justice' and 'equity' and aid efforts to humanize the rule of law.

ISBN: 9781399500371

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304 pages