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Item Details
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BLOODY CONSTRAINT
CHIVALRY IN SHAKESPEARE |
| By: |
Theodor Meron |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£51.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195123832 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195123838 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 1998 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
In Bloody Constraint, Meron addresses the basic humanitarian and ethical values that are so important for international law and war crimes prosecutions in our era. Using the approach of the law and literature school, Meron considers international legal humanitarian issues related to war through analysis of literature, particularly Shakespeare's attitude to war and Homer's attitude towards chivalry and codes of conduct of war. While discussing such issues astreatment of prisoners, women, mercy, honour, negotiations, and settlement, and responsibility in works of literature, he also considers international legal issues that have relevance today. |
| Synopsis: |
Chivalry, one of Shakespeare's central themes, retains its pertinence and topicality in our rules for international humanitarian law and the conduct of war. Against a background of Medieval and Renaissance sources as well as Shakespeare's historical and dramatic realms, Professor Meron considers the ways in which law, chivalry, morality, conscience, and state necessity are deployed in Shakespeare to promote a society in which soldiers behave humanely and leaders are held to high standards of civilized behavior. In doing so, he illustrates the literary genealogy of such contemporary international humanitarian concerns as the treatment of prisoners and of women and accountability for war crimes. An insightful consideration of modern humanitarian law as seen from the perspectives of both Shakespeare and history, Bloody Constraint will also interest students of Medieval and Renaissance studies. |
| Illustrations: |
1 halftone |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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