TY - JOUR
AU - Stone, Jan
AB - 114 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY Vol. XLVIII constellation of forces and interests. The king, but also the barons (whom Brand shows to legislate on occasion against their own collective material interests, but does not venture an explanation as to why), as well as repeat legal actors, such royal justices, all contributed to thirteenth-century legal change. KARL SHOEMAKER University of Wisconsin-Madison DANIEL J. KORNSTEIN. Kill all the Lawyers? Shakespeare's Legal Appeal. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994 (reissued 2005). 270 pp. $16.95. Lawyers and judges find fascination, illumination, and much fodder for quo­ tation in the works of William Shakespeare. Characters in his plays frequently dis­ cuss legal matters and plots often hinge upon the application of justice, which sug­ gest that Shakespeare had more than passing familiarity with the law. A careful reading of the plays also provides an historical look at several issues of law in other centuries and other countries. Some readers of Shakespeare may focus their critical ponderings on deciding whether the playwright was, perhaps, a lawyer. Daniel J. Kornstein addresses the subject, but makes no case for Shakespeare's being a lawyer (or not). Nor does he pretend to tackle all the works of 
TI - Kill all the Lawyers? Shakespeare's Legal Appeal
JF - American Journal of Legal History
DO - 10.2307/25434784
DA - 2006-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/kill-all-the-lawyers-shakespeare-s-legal-appeal-1EivnF8o2e
SP - 114
EP - 115
VL - 48
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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