Publication Date

1994

Journal

Rechtsfilosofie en Rechtstheorie

Abstract

The article responds to Bert van Roermund's arguments about the relationship between law and literature, emphasizing that literature serves as a unique jurisprudential source when it mimetically imitates legal expression. The author argues that literature's value lies in its ability to capture the narrative structures of legal communication, particularly in genres like the novel or novella, which self-consciously replicate legal narrativity. This mimetic quality distinguishes literature from other forms of art and makes it uniquely relevant to legal theory.

Volume

23

Issue

3

First Page

228

Last Page

229

Publisher

Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy (NJLP)

Disciplines

International Law | Jurisprudence | Law | Law and Politics | Legislation

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