The essay deals with the imaginary case of breach a promise to marry described by Dickens in his Pickwick Papers. This is a very well-known example of description of a trial in a comic setting. The strategies of the parties and their lawyers are examined, within the framework of the trial seen as a sequence of formal acts, described as if they were part of a play on a theatrical stage. The aim of the essay is to highlight the impact of the trial, and its outcome, on Pickwick's life, considering the law and its enforcement as factual phenomena
The Good Lawyer and Bardell v. Pickwick, 2023.
The Good Lawyer and Bardell v. Pickwick
Giuseppe Rossi
2023-01-01
Abstract
The essay deals with the imaginary case of breach a promise to marry described by Dickens in his Pickwick Papers. This is a very well-known example of description of a trial in a comic setting. The strategies of the parties and their lawyers are examined, within the framework of the trial seen as a sequence of formal acts, described as if they were part of a play on a theatrical stage. The aim of the essay is to highlight the impact of the trial, and its outcome, on Pickwick's life, considering the law and its enforcement as factual phenomena
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