Law and Literature, University of Detroit Mercy

This course will examine the psychological and ethical dimensions of the practice of law through reading and analysis of literary and scholarly works. The course will explore three overarching themes: 1. That which the law aims to do, or, the relationship between law and equity; 2. whether, and the manner in which, the law achieves its goals; and 3. examination of the characters lawyers and judges- who populate the law's universe. This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.