Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Peter Goodrich presents a unique introduction to the concept of jurisliterature. Highlighting how lawyers have been extraordinarily productive of liter...

Law in the Courts of Love traces the literary history and diversity of past legal systems. These 'minor jurisprudences' range from the spiritual laws of the courts of conscience to the code and judgements of love handed down by women's courts in medieval France. Professor Goodrich presents the 15th Century Courts of Love in Paris as one instance of an alternative jurisdiction drawn from the diversities of the legal and literary past. Their textual records are correspondingly mixed in genre...

Nietzsche and Legal Theory is an anthology designed to provide legal and socio-legal scholars with a sense of the very wide range of projects and questions in whose pursuit Nietzsche's work can be useful. From medical ethics to criminology, from the systemic anti-Semitism of legal codes arising in Christian cultures, to the details of intellectual property debates about regulating the use of culturally significant objects, the contributors (from the fields of law, philosophy, crim...

A judge springs out of his car on the way to court in downtown Chicago and takes photographs of an inflatable rat. A while later he inserts these photographs into a decision involving another insufflated rodent used in a union protest. The increasing use of images in case law and precedent in the common law world provides a novel visual atlas of how lawyers see. Using a corpus of many images drawn from decisions in different common law jurisdictions across the globe, Judicial Uses of I...

Populism in politics and policy orientations in law have thrown the jurisdiction of the academy and the disciplines of interpretation into disarray. Critique flounders in abstraction and negativity, law loses itself in particularity. Administering Interpretation brings together philosophers, humanists, and jurists from both continental and Anglophone jurisdictions to reassess the status and trajectory of interpretative theory as applied in the art of law. Tracking the thread of ph...

A heartwarming tale of music, friendship, and believing in yourself!Spring is in the air, but young Ana is dreading her piano recital. She can't seem to get the notes right! Then, one day, the grand piano winks and smiles. It's Henry the Steinway, ready to help Ana find the music within her heart.Will Henry's lessons and friendship be enough to help Ana overcome her stage fright and shine at the recital? This enchanting story will resonate with piano studen...

The book is structured as a series of anecdotes that illustrate Goodrich's upbringing, his passion for learning, and the influences that shaped his writing career. He shares stories from his childhood, including his experiences in school, his love for books, and the various jobs he undertook to support himself. Goodrich also reflects on his travels and the people he encountered along the way, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, perseverance, and a commitment to education.Goodrich's wr...

The book is divided into sections that cover different aspects of the natural world. Goodrich discusses geographical features like mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as the wonders of the oceans, including its creatures and underwater phenomena. He also explores celestial topics such as the stars, planets, and the mysteries of the sky. Throughout the text, Goodrich emphasizes the awe-inspiring aspects of nature and the importance of learning about the world around us.Peter Parley's Wo...

David Gray Carlson and Peter Goodrich argue that the postmodern legal mind can be characterized as having shifted the focus of legal analysis away from the modernist understanding of law as a system that is unitary and separate from other aspects of culture and society. In exploring the various "other dimensions" of law, scholars have developed alternative species of legal analysis and recognized the existence of different forms of law. Carlson and Goodrich assert that the postmodern legal...

Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions, proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley's Comet returned in 1910, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences.In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard ...

In "Peter Parley's Own Story," Samuel G. Goodrich crafts a captivating narrative that intricately weaves autobiography with fiction, drawing readers into the life of Peter Parley, the beloved children's author. Written in an accessible yet richly descriptive style, Goodrich's work explores the formative experiences that shaped Parley, spotlighting the dilemmas and victories of a writer devoted to enlightening and entertaining young minds. The book stands as a notable contribution to early ...