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Law and Literature: Perspectives

The group of research investigates the interdisciplinary field of law and literature. Law and literature have been matched by a new-born field of interdisciplinary studies developed within the principles of the Common Law. In the last thirty years, law and literature, analysed and investigated side by side, have gained in popularity on the international scene. Scientific research on “law and literature” is based on integrating law (comparative law in particular), literary criticism and literature both on the ontological and the hermeneutical plane, and literary methodology. On the one hand, then, legal methodology could assist scholars in analysing and understanding literary texts by implementing tools and strategies typical of the law. On the other hand, by contrast, literary methodology could offer jurists a novel key to the understanding of legal texts. Thus, both literary criticism and studies of comparative law are approached in a wholly new perspective. The group of research collaborates with many European and Extra-European institutions, such as Cardozo School in Law and Literature (New York), Birkbeck College (London, Newcastle School of Law, Warwick School of Law, University of Wollongong (Australia), University of Koeln, University of Muenster, Villa Vigoni Italo-German centre of studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, University of Stirling, University of Texas at Dallas. It is connected to the Associazione Italiana di Diritto e Letteratura AIDEL (www.aidel.it). It has as its scientific organ the journal Polemos, a Journal of Law, Literature and Culture and the series Law and Literature, both published by DeGruyter in Berlin.
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Daniela Carpi

URL
www.aidel.it

Chiara Battisti
Associate Professor
Raffaele Cutolo
Temporary Professor (Department Diagnostics and Public Health)
Daniela Carpi
Research Assistants
Sidia Fiorato
Associate Professor
Topic Research area
Bioethics, Biolaw and Literature Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Science Fiction / Literature & Science
Law and the Body Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Critical Theory & Poetics
Ecocriticism and British Literature/culture Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Critical Theory & Poetics
Equity: literary and juridical intersections Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Critical Theory & Poetics
Iconology of the law in Literature Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Visual Arts & Image Studies
The concept of power in the Renaissance Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Theatre
Contemporary detective fiction Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Crime
Literature and the Performing Arts Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Theatre
Literature and the Visual Arts Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Visual Arts & Image Studies
Literature and dance Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Visual Arts & Image Studies
Literature and Fashion studies Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Cultural Studies and Mentalities
Literature and medicine Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Science Fiction / Literature & Science
Filmic adaptations and novels Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Film Studies
Shakespeare and the law Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Shakespeare
Title Managers Sponsors Starting date Duration (months)
Beyond postmodernism Daniela Carpi, Chiara Battisti, Sidia Fiorato, Valentina Adami Jan 1, 2017 48
Bioetica e Biodiritto nella letteratura e cultura inglese Daniela Carpi Jan 1, 2014 60
Corpo, identità e potere nella letteratura e cultura inglese Sidia Fiorato Mar 1, 2012 36
Diritto e religione nella letteratura inglese Daniela Carpi Jan 23, 2013 36
Dopo la mostruosità. Dal canone all’anti-canone. Chiara Battisti, Daniela Carpi, Sidia Fiorato, Valentina Adami Mar 1, 2017 48
"Equità": intersezioni letterarie e legali Daniela Carpi May 24, 2008 36
Fables of the Law Daniela Carpi, Chiara Battisti, Sidia Fiorato Sep 30, 2014 48
Fra Legge ed Equità: il concetto di equità nella legge e nella letteratura inglese (2005) Daniela Carpi Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, MIUR - PRIN Jan 1, 2005 24
Il concetto di persona legale in letteratura inglese e diritto Daniela Carpi MIUR - PRIN Feb 13, 2009 24
Il concetto di potere nel Rinascimento Daniela Carpi May 24, 2009 24
Law and Literature in Diaspora Studies Daniela Carpi Jan 23, 2013 60
Le immagini del diritto nella letteratura inglese e nelle arti Daniela Carpi PRIN VALUTATO POSITIVAMENTE May 26, 2011 60
Prospettive legali nel teatro elisabettiano Daniela Carpi May 24, 2010 48
Rappresentazioni del potere in diritto e letteratura Daniela Carpi Jan 1, 2012 60
Shakespeare and the law Sidia Fiorato, Chiara Battisti, Daniela Carpi Jan 1, 2015 60
Shakespeare e la legge Daniela Carpi May 24, 2010 36

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