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The Call To Witness: Historical Divides, Literary Narrative, And The Power Of Oath, Nancy Cook
The Call To Witness: Historical Divides, Literary Narrative, And The Power Of Oath, Nancy Cook
Marquette Law Review
A decade ago, in her book, Narrative, Authority and Law, Robin West posed these questions: How might we develop a moral sensibility with which to criticize law that is independent of the influence of law? How should we criticize law from a moral point of view, given the influence of law over our moral beliefs? What is the role of narrative in this enterprise?
The “Call to Witness” is an entreaty to look to narratives as acts of witness for a partial answer to these questions. Narratives bring to light the real conflicts underlying court cases and law, the motives …