LS 213 Midterm

Law in Literature

The study of law, legal thinking, and the influence of law on society through its appearances in literature and media

Narrative

The representation of an event or series of events

Constituent event

necessary events for the story to be the story that it is

Supplementary events

events that are not necessary for the story

Nonreferential narrative

• creates the world to which it refers by referring to it

• Can refer to the real world, but it is not necessary

• does not refer to or attempt to mirror the real world

• References to the real world do not need to be truthful or accurate

Referential narrative

A story that has an anchor in reality

• subject to judgments of truth or falsity

• verifiable and incomplete

• cannot claim to know what is going on in the head of a character

Narrativity

The set of qualities marking a narrative; the sense that someone is telling a story, giving a performance, etc.

Law as Language

• Law is a way of reading, writing, and speaking

• It is a way of maintaining a specific culture (one of argument)

ideal reader

Someone who understands the text in its cultural and political context and has an understanding of the major purposes of the text.

Narrative jurisprudence

law as a form of storytelling and narrative practice

Canon Law

set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority to govern a Christian organization and its members

Narratology

The study of narrative, narrative structure. and how stories communicate meaning