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Poetry of the law from chaucer to the present paperback march 15 2010 by david kader editor michael stanford editor 47 out of 5 stars 4 ratings see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Poetry of the law is the first serious anthology of law related poetry ever published in the united states as the editors make clear though serious need not imply solemn instead david kader. Our discussion will focus on images of the lawyer in poetry with particular attention to poems by geoffrey chaucer ben jonson lord byron carl sandburg yvor winters and martin espada topics how poems record changes in perceptions of lawyers from the middle ages to the present. Poetry of the law is the first serious anthology of law related poetry ever published in the united states as the editors make clear though serious need not imply solemn instead david kader and michael stanford have assembled a surprisingly capacious collection of 100 poems from the 1300s to the present. Poetry of the law from chaucer to the present edited by david kader and michael stanford university of iowa press iowa city 2010 in law school one of my professors compared doctors and lawyers by saying doctors bury their mistakes lawyers publish theirs