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Introduction 3

1 Law and Narrative: Re-examining the Relationship 8

Describing Law in Terms of Autonomy 11

Narrative as the Basis of Law and the Humanities 13

Shelley's Case, Part 1: Law of The Jungle 20

Shelley's Case, Part 2: Silent Spring 31

Law, Literature, and Narrative 35

What Is Narrative? 41

How Narratives Interact to Influence Legislation 47

Text in Context 51

What's Truth Have to Do with It? 58

Whose Story to Believe? 61

2 Institutionalizing Narratives 63

Narrative and the Normative Syllogism 63

The Narrative Nudge 65

When Narratives Clash 70

Changes in Narrative, Changes in Law 73

Law's Constraints: Generic or Precedential? 83

Novelizing Law 87

Resisting Narratives: Keeping the Outside Out 89

Absorbing Narratives: Letting the Outside In 99

What Law Can Learn from Literature (and History) 105

3 Law, Narrative, and Democracy 120

The Rule of Law and Its Limits 121

Toward a Democratic Rule of Law 126

The Jury as a Structural Safeguard of Democracy 131

The Democratic Role of Interpretive Communities 134

A Study in Contrasts: The Rodney King and O.J. Simpson Juries 148

Is Jury Nullification Democratic and within the Rule of Law? 157

Some Thoughts on Democratic Interpretation 160

4 Narrative as Democratic Reasoning 169

The Narrative Shape of Deliberation 169

Law-as-Discipline 175

The Problem with Appellate Practice and Appellate Opinions 181

(Re)Introducing Narratives across the Profession 184

Democratic Education, Practical Reason, and the Law 191

A Conclusion of Sorts 202

Notes 207

Bibliography 265

Index 281