A Study of Law, Rhetoric, and Authorship
by
Christina G. Waldman
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Fans of Shakespeare have long been struck by Portia's impassioned plea for mercy and by the sophisticated lawyerly twists of the trial of Antonio v. Shylock in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice.
Christina Waldman, JD, shows how the scene shifts from a "law court" to "chancery...