Western Law, Russian Justice

Western Law, Russian Justice
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9780299209339
ISBN-13 : 0299209334
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Book Synopsis Western Law, Russian Justice by : Gary Rosenshield

Download or read book Western Law, Russian Justice written by Gary Rosenshield and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Rosenshield offers a new interpretation of Dostoevsky's greatest novel, The Brothers Karamazov. He explores Dostoevsky's critique and exploitation of the jury trial for his own ideological agenda, both in his journalism and his fiction, contextualizing his portrayal of trials and trial participants (lawyers, jurors, defendants, judges) in the political, social, and ideological milieu of his time. Further, the author presents Dostoevsky's critique in terms of the main notions of the critical legal studies movement in the United States, showing how, over one hundred and twenty years ago, Dostoevsky explicitly dealt with the same problems that the law-and-literature movement has been confronting over the past two decades. This book should appeal to anyone with an interest in Russian literature, Russian history and culture, legal studies, law and literature, narratology, or metafiction and literary theory.


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