The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Legal Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Legal Studies, 1st Edition, presents an introduction to cultural legal studies and its examination of law in culture. The volume investigates how legal issues and authority are distributed and experienced across diverse material forms, looking beyond traditional doctrine and social context.

Tracing the discipline to interdisciplinary shifts in critical jurisprudence during the late twentieth century, the text explores connections among legal thought, literary analysis, media studies, and philosophy. It emphasizes an open-ended understanding of what functions as a legal source across cultural artefacts.

With contributions from established and emerging scholars, the handbook serves as a reference resource for research across legal theory, law and aesthetics, and the broader humanities.