Author: Cushman Davis [1838-1900] was an attorney who served as governor of Minnesota and U.S. Senator. He also authored A Treatise on International Law(1901). In The Law in Shakespeare, Davis gathers the legal terms Shakespeare used in his plays and sonnets, and compares the Bard’s use of the terms with their definitions from law dictionaries. he Law in Shakespeare first appeared in 1883, was re-issued a year later by West Publishing.

Publisher: Legal Classics Library, Gryphon Editions; Facsimile

Format/Condition: This new full leather-bound volume is in fine condition.

Description: The author presents more than 300 passages from Shakespeare’s works and defines and discusses the legal terms therein. For those who study it as well as for those who peruse a few pages now and again, this book offers many insights.

In the Notes from the Editors that accompany this classic, Thomas G. Barnes, chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Legal Classics Library, presents his intriguing thoughts on Shakespeare and the law.