Legal Fictions

And the law around the world; it also includes some of the best humorous pieces ever written about the law. The law and literature connection has intrigued many writers including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Dickens and Kafka. In his introduction, lawyer and writer Jay Wishingrad explores this connection, discussing its antecedents and its literary and legal proponents today as well as the connection between deconstruction and the Critical Legal Studies movement.