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Draws on Merchant of Venice in examining law as a strictly formalist and legalistic system.
Examines the concepts of mercy and equity in Measure for Measure, suggesting that the play's middle position on the law reflects the social virtues of a legal system.
Draws on 2 Henry IV, Measure for Measure, and Merchant of Venice to highlight negative economic and political aspects of the legal system, impartiality, and punishment.
In exploring Shakespeare's use of law in King Lear, focuses on his use of loyal and royal, especially in relation to Stoic philosophy.
Focusing on two scenes involving legal processes in the trial scene of Merchant of Venice, examines the dynamics of a human community constituted by speakers.
Draws on Cymbeline to argue that Shakespeare's legal perspective is closely connected to seeing King James's project of the Anglo-Scottish Union as two conceptions of equality and community within an empire.
Focuses on the representation of Brutus and Mark Antony in Julius Caesar to argue that the play favors the rule of law in engaging with powerful emotions.
Describes teaching Macbeth to middle-school students.
Reads Two Gentleman of Verona as a lesson to judges on the relationship between strict justice and equity and on the role of mercy in criminal sentencing.
Surveys the critical reception of Macbeth starting from the seventeenth through the twentieth century.