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    A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice

    By Kenji Yoshino

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    “Fascinating....Loaded with perceptive and provocative comments on Shakespeare’s plots, characters, and contemporary analogs.”
    —Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States

    “Kenji Yoshino is the face and the voice of the new civil rights.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickled and Dimed

    A Thousand Times More Fair is a highly inventive and provocative exploration of ethics and the law that uses the plays of William Shakespeare as a prism through which to view the nature of justice in our contemporary lives. Celebrated law professor and author Kenji Yoshino delves into ten of the most important works of the Immortal Bard of Avon, offering prescient and thought-provoking discussions of lawyers, property rights, vengeance (legal and otherwise), and restitution that have tremendous significance to the defining events of our times—from the O.J. Simpson trial to Abu Ghraib. Anyone fascinated by important legal and social issues—as well as fans of Shakespeare-centered bestsellers like Will in the World—will find A Thousand Times More Fair an exceptionally rewarding reading experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 12, 2011
    ISBN9780062087720
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    A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice
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    Kenji Yoshino

    Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the faculty director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Kenji studied at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School. His fields are constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. He has received several distinctions for his teaching and research, including the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, the Peck Medal in Jurisprudence, and New York University’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Kenji is the author of three previous books—Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights; A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare’s Plays Teach Us About Justice; and Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial. He has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, as well as popular venues such as the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He serves on the board of the Brennan Center for Justice, advisory boards for diversity and inclusion at Charter Communications and Morgan Stanley, and on the board of his children’s school.

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    • 5/5
      We used a Thousand Times More Fair as a reference for Shakespearian study in our book club this year and it was a wonderful opportunity to look at Shakespeare's works in view of the law. Legal implications of many events in every play provided much information for study and discussion. I found this book to be an excellent resource and highly recommend it. I give it 4.5 stars.
    • 5/5
      This is by far one of the best analyses of Shakespeare's works that I have ever read. While I have heard many critics applauding Shakespeare's thorough knowledge of the law, I have never read anything that actually goes through his works and analyzes the uses of trials, judging, and ruling. Instead of looking at Shakespeare through the lenses of deconstruction, gender, new criticism, new historicism, etc., Yoshino uses the lens of law and justice. Each chapter focuses on a certain aspect of law, using one play as the main reference. Through the use of present-day analogies, he shows us that society's concerns and ideals of justice haven't much changed since Shakespeare's time.A Thousand Times More Fair is an incredibly relevant, enlightening look at Shakespeare's works. We deal with law and justice every day. Our sense of justice influences how we act in situations where we feel we've been wronged; the written law is a reflection of our sense of rights and morals; and judging is how we are able to ensure fairness in our society. By looking at how these things are portrayed in literature and our ancestors' thoughts on justice, the law, and judging, we can gain a better understanding of our society and ourselves. Yoshino helps us do just that.Any fan of Shakespeare will enjoy this book, and I think those who are both familiar with Shakespeare's works and interested in law will also get a lot out of this. Literary criticism isn't for everyone, but for those who like getting different perspectives on what authors are trying to portray through their works, you will find Yoshino's take on Shakespeare very interesting.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book! Yoshino takes about a dozen plays and places them first in historical, then in contemporary, context. Although the focus is on things legal, he interprets many of the plays on other levels as well. An example: when Portia wishes herself "a thousand times more fair" so that she can please Bassanio, Yoshino points out that "fair" has the dual meaning of "just" and "beautiful" and that Portia is interested in both, as is Yoshino. Some knowledge of the plays makes these essays more meaningful, but the author has chosen all the "big" ones (Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice) as well as a few that are perhaps not quite as well known, like Titus Andronicus.