Law and Literature

This is the second volume of a new series entitled `Current Legal Issues' that are to be published each Spring as a sister volume to `Current Legal Problems'. The second volume shows that although law is literature, it also features in literature such as Shakespeare, Dickens, and Hardy. It is a particular form of literature and is not always recognized as such. The law is also used to control literature through defamation, blasphemy, obscenity, etc. These are just some of the many themes that are covered in this stimulating collection by leading writers on both sides of the Atlantic.