The force of law and literature: critiques of ideology in Jacques Derrida and Pierre Bourdieu. From: Mosaic (Winnipeg) | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1995 University of Manitoba, Mosaic. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The works of two prominent theorists, Jacques Derrida and Pierre Bourdieu, are examined and interrelated to address the law and literature nexus and how it affects social changes relating to exclusionary practices. The two theorists, in their respective but similarly titled essays, combined critiques of ideology with a close attention to the categories and institutions of both law and literature. A close look was also given to the power structures and relations in which law and literature logically cohere.

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