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Title

The Death of Law and Literature

Authors

Paul J. Heald, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-006

Abstract

Thirty years after the publication of James B. White's iconic THE LEGAL IMAGINATION, Law & Literature scholarship has gained no traction in the practice of law. This essay, prompted by a session of teaching Ariel Dorfman's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN to federal judges, explains why our scholarship has no impact, but fiction itself is very influential.

Repository Citation

Heald, Paul J., "The Death of Law and Literature" (2009). Working Papers. Paper 32.
http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_wp/32