MEASURE FOR MEASURE : THE LAW IN SHAKESPEARE

Measure for Measure, the Law in Shakespeare, leads us through the bard’s texts - the Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet among others - to elucidate crucial elements of the art, science and practice of the law. Different chapters dealing with the courts, law interpretation, rhetoric end other topics, illustrated through Shakespeare’s canonic tales, make for delightful reading while clarifying important aspects of the legal discipline. This is indeed a captivating book that culls from the Shakespearian theater important teachings and opens the way to a humanist perspective of the law. The author, José Roberto de Castro Neves is a juris doctor from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, an LL.M from the University of Cambridge, professor of Civil Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and at Getúlio Vargas Foundation and a partner at Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Associates.