Legal Narratives
European Perspectives on U.S. Law in Cultural Context
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Beschreibung
Over the past two decades the interdisciplinary research and teaching field "Law and the Humanities" has established itself, especially at American universities. It provides new approaches to legal systems from the perspective of various disciplines of the humanities and places relations and connections within a cultural context. Based on this interdisciplinary approach, this volume offers contributions to a whole variety of U.S. legal issues - from the birth of the Constitution to tort law and criminal justice. From their perspective of the Austrian legal system, legal scholars deal with various aspects of legal theory and practice while "Americanists" analyze characteristics of this legal system in their cultural context, drawing on historical documents as well as on literature and film. The book presents an exciting European perspective on this transatlantic legal complexity upon the background of its culture and history.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gudrun M. Grabher Introduction G. M. Grabher The U. S. legal system is, perhaps, one of the most multi-facetted and most complex ones. This collection of essays intends to offer views and perspectives from outside the United States on various aspects and issues of American law. The contributors are all members, in one form or another, of Innsbruck University in Austria, being of Austrian nationality. They include faculty of the Law School and of the American Studies Department as well as Ph. D. students at the latter Department. Since the focus is on American law, it may at first not seem surprising that not only legal scholars but also ‘Americanists’ are represented in this volume. And yet, this particular combination of contributors requires explanation. Over the past two decades a number of research fields explicitly designed and defined as inter- or transdisciplinary have been established at various American universities. Two such fields are medical humanities and law and the humanities. It is the latter that provided the incentive for this volume of critical essays. A few years ago the American Studies Department at Innsbruck University approached the U. S. Embassy in Vienna with the idea of expanding its curriculum – beyond its primary identity as cultural studies – so as to also include such interdisciplinary perspectives. No such attempt at redefining American Studies had been, and has been made anywhere at other Austrian universities.
Addresses a large audience, particularly in the USA and Austria/Europe
Addressed to law (especially constitutional law, international law, European law, criminal law, civil law, and corporate law); political science, American studies, English studies, and related cultural sciences
No book in this field offers a similarly interdisciplinary profile
Bridges the gap between the Anglo-American and Continental European legal worlds (especially that of Austria), as well as between law and the humanities
Autor*in
Gudrun M. Grabher
Themen in »Legal Narratives«
American Studies Civil Law Compensation Law Criminal Justice Criminal Law European Law International Law Law and humanities extra-European law culture