"Decision, Possession: The Time of Law in The Winter's Tale and the Sonnets" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc745/ Author: Cormack, Bradin. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Cormack, Shakespeare and the Law: A Conversation among Disciplines and Professions, 44–71. : Cormack, Shakespeare and the Law: A Conversation among Disciplines and Professions Annotation: Focusing on the legal distinction between process and decision in Winter's Tale and on the concept of the legal "heir" in Sonnets, argues that literary texts and legal texts meet in their attention to linguistic differentiation. Language: English Persons: Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard Keywords: law; heir Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Sonnets, The Winter's Tale WSB Update: Winter 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc745