The law at The State-Of-The- Art: Antigone, the Merchant of Venice and the Trial at the Reconstitution of Forensic Historiography

Abstract

It is known that Art has accompanied the human being in its path, having appeared as its soul expression since the beginnings of humankind until the most recent times. Hence the Law, a formatted construct from the regulation of socialization, it is possible to realize from literature a good opportunity to analyze the specificities which have marked the Legal System through times. The present paper will verse towards the capturing of the justice ideal, contrasting with the very own characteristics and complexities of Classic Natural Law from Sophocles, Renaissance Law from Shakespeare and Contemporary Law from the lines of Kafka.

Keywords

• Direito e Literatura, Historiografia Forense, Justiça