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{{Short description|American legal scholar}}
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'''James Boyd White''' (born 1938) is an American law professor, literary critic, scholar and philosopher who is generally credited with founding the "[[Law and Literature]]" movement and is the preeminent proponent of the analysis of [[constitutive rhetoric]] in the analysis of legal texts.
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'''James Boyd White''' (born 1938) is an American law professor, [[literary critic]], scholar and philosopher who is generally credited with founding the "[[law and Literature]]" movement. He is a proponent of the analysis of [[constitutive rhetoric]] in the analysis of legal texts.


==Biography==
==Biography==
White attended [[Amherst College]], from which he graduated in 1960 with a B.A. in [[Classics]], and went on to earn an M.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1961, and an [[LL.B.]] from the [[Harvard Law School]] in 1964.
White attended [[Amherst College]], from which he graduated in 1960 with a B.A. in [[Classics]], and went on to earn an M.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1961, and an [[LL.B.]] from the [[Harvard Law School]] in 1964.


He practiced with the firm of [[Foley, Hoag & Eliot]] in [[Boston]] before moving into teaching. He taught at the [[University of Colorado School of Law]] from 1967 to 1974, at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1974 to 1983, and has been at the [[University of Michigan Law School]] from 1983 until the present. At Michigan, White is the L. Hart Wright Professor of Law, Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of [[Classics]]. He is also a member of the [[American Academy of Arts & Sciences]].
He practiced with the firm of [[Foley Hoag]] in [[Boston]] before moving into teaching. He taught at the [[University of Colorado School of Law]] from 1967 to 1974, at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1974 to 1983, and has been at the [[University of Michigan Law School]] from 1983 until the present. At Michigan, White is the L. Hart Wright Professor of Law, Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of [[Classics]]. He is also a member of the [[American Academy of Arts & Sciences]].


==Works==
==Works==
White's most well-known book, ''[[The Legal Imagination]]'', was published in 1973. That book was designed essentially as a textbook for students studying [[legal language]]. In ''The Legal Imagination,'' literary and other texts are compared to legal texts in the way they "constitute" the identities of characters and the meanings of concepts. That book is thought to have "kicked off" the Law & Literature movement and is still widely influential.
White's best-known book, ''The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and Expression'', was published in 1973. It was designed essentially as a textbook for students studying [[legal language]]. In ''The Legal Imagination,'' literary and other texts are compared to legal texts in the way they "constitute" the identities of characters and the meanings of concepts. The book is thought to have "kicked off" the [[law and literature]] movement and is still widely influential.


White's subsequent books include:
White's subsequent books include:
*''[[When Words Lose Their Meaning]]'' (1984)
*''When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community'' (1984)
*''Heracles' Bow'' (1988)
*''[[Heracles' Bow]]: Essays on the Rhetoric and Poetics of the Law'' (1985)
*''Justice As Translation'' (1990)
*''Justice As Translation: An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism'' (1990)
*''Acts of Hope'' (1994)
*''Acts of Hope: Creating Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics'' (1994)
*''"This Book of Starres": Learning to Read George Herbert '' (1994)
*''"This Book of Starres": Learning to Read George Herbert'' (1994)
*''From Expectation to Experience : Essays on Law and Legal Education'' (2000)
*''From Expectation to Experience: Essays on Law and Legal Education'' (2000)
*''The Edge of Meaning'' (2003)
*''The Edge of Meaning'' (2003)
*''Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force'' (2006)
*''Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force'' (2006)
*''Keep Law Alive'' (2019)


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=14 White's profile at University of Michigan website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050923114359/http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=14 White's profile at University of Michigan website]
* [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbwhite/ White's home page (featuring a listing of his books)]
* [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbwhite/ White's home page (featuring a listing of his books)]
* [http://works.bepress.com/yofi_tirosh/8 Comment on James Boyd White's Living Speech, by Dr. Yofi Tirosh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090614/http://works.bepress.com/yofi_tirosh/8 |date=2016-03-04 }}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname= James Boyd White |sopt=t}}

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Latest revision as of 23:31, 7 October 2023

James Boyd White (born 1938) is an American law professor, literary critic, scholar and philosopher who is generally credited with founding the "law and Literature" movement. He is a proponent of the analysis of constitutive rhetoric in the analysis of legal texts.

Biography

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White attended Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1960 with a B.A. in Classics, and went on to earn an M.A. in English Literature from Harvard University in 1961, and an LL.B. from the Harvard Law School in 1964.

He practiced with the firm of Foley Hoag in Boston before moving into teaching. He taught at the University of Colorado School of Law from 1967 to 1974, at the University of Chicago Law School from 1974 to 1983, and has been at the University of Michigan Law School from 1983 until the present. At Michigan, White is the L. Hart Wright Professor of Law, Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Classics. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Works

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White's best-known book, The Legal Imagination: Studies in the Nature of Legal Thought and Expression, was published in 1973. It was designed essentially as a textbook for students studying legal language. In The Legal Imagination, literary and other texts are compared to legal texts in the way they "constitute" the identities of characters and the meanings of concepts. The book is thought to have "kicked off" the law and literature movement and is still widely influential.

White's subsequent books include:

  • When Words Lose Their Meaning: Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community (1984)
  • Heracles' Bow: Essays on the Rhetoric and Poetics of the Law (1985)
  • Justice As Translation: An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism (1990)
  • Acts of Hope: Creating Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics (1994)
  • "This Book of Starres": Learning to Read George Herbert (1994)
  • From Expectation to Experience: Essays on Law and Legal Education (2000)
  • The Edge of Meaning (2003)
  • Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force (2006)
  • Keep Law Alive (2019)
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