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Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Measure for Measure: Actors, Fornicators, and Other Transgressors of Law Introduction: 'cõmon Players of Enterludes' School of Abuse: Elizabethan Theatre and the Outlawed Actor Plague and Prejudice Frauds, Counterfeits, 'and measure still for measure' The Imprint of Law Legitimacy and the Image 2. The Comedy of Errors: Refugees, Immigrants, and the Revitalisation of London Immigration and the Imminence of Death Shakespeare and the French Shakespeare, Racial Tension, and the London Apprentices Xenophobia, Riots, and The Book of Sir Thomas More Classical Friendship and Christian Community in The Comedy of Errors Witchcraft, Sorcery, and the Scots Classicism (Plautus), Christianity (St Paul), and The Comedy of Errors 3. Troilus and Cressida: Greeks, Trojans, Honour, and the Market Law, Literature, and the Hellenic Tradition Revels and Renaissance at the Elizabethan Inns of Court The Earl of Essex, The Iliad, and Fin-de-Siècle English Law Troilus and Cressida and the Lawyers 4. The Merchant of Venice and the Strangeness of Law Venice, Shakespeare, and the Shifting Sands of Contract Law Societas, Consensio, and the Meaning of Mercy The Jew and the Law Excursus: 'Dark and Obscure' Allegory and the Xenophobic Dream of Common Law Act Five, Harmony, and the Discord of Law 5. King Lear, Monarchy, and the Injustice of Tragedy Justice, Jurisdictions, and the Politics of Power Nature and Natural Law Custom, Kings, And Lex Regia The English Monarchical Republic Image, Costume, and Kingship Afterword Bibliography Index.