The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual - Rilegato

Goodrich, Peter

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ISBN 10: 023000718X ISBN 13: 9780230007185

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Riassunto

You are at a dinner with someone attractive. She suddenly kisses you. Or he leans unexpectedly across the table and caresses your thigh. Whatever. You know the kind of encounter and the range of possible responses. Consider the kiss. What does it mean, and where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are the central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, thelex amatoria collated and presented here.

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L'autore:

PETER GOODRICH is Professor of Law and Director, Law and Humanities at Cardozo School of Law.

Contenuti:

Preface
Introduction: A Short History of the Laws of Love
Erotic Melancholy
Purloined Love Letters
Contracts of Love
Amorous Wrong by Words
Amorous Wrong by Deeds
The Casuistry of Kissing
Pain, Pleasure and Play
Fidelity and Faithlessness
Intimate Violence
Suicide
Gifts
Conclusion: Does Love have Standing?
Abbreviated Bibliographies
Index Amorum

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 023000718X
• ISBN 13: 9780230007185
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 231