Law and Literature: A Meaningful Connection

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 20, 343 - 352, 30.12.2017

Hasan Yazıcı Martin škop Ahmed Alperen Aydın

Öz

The connection between law and (imaginative) literature can still affect surprisingly. The theme of the present article is to summarize some of the basic features of the movement, which is called ‘’Law and Literature” and to suggest some starting-points with which it is associated. These starting points include, for instance linguistic conception of law, narratology in law or the relations between law and culture. The article offers an overview of the classical approaches connecting law and literature and mentions the reasons for this connection: e.g. cultivation of law and lawyers, improvement of judicial decisions or improvement of legal interpretation. Some of the findings resulting from the joint of law and literature can be used in practice and goes beyond „mere” theory. The article is to be seen as an introduction to the movement of ‘’Law and Literature”, presentation of ideas on which this movement is based and offering the possibility of its further development. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Law and literature, interpretation, legal philosophy, legal language, legal culture, narrative, sociology of law

HUKUK VE EDEBİYAT: ANLAMLI BİR İLİŞKİ

Öz

Hukuk ve edebiyat bağlamı hâlâ birçok yeniliğe açık bir alandır. Bu makalenin amacı ''hukuk ve edebiyat'' olarak adlandırılan akımın bazı önemli özelliklerini incelemek ve akımın çıkış noktası olarak kabul edilen dilbilimsel açıdan hukuk, hukukta anlatı ve hukuk ile kültür ilişkisi gibi konuları ele almaktır. Ayrıca hukuk ve edebiyatı ilişkilendiren klasik yaklaşımlara ve bu yaklaşımların gerekçelerine yer verilecektir. Mesela hukuk ve hukukçuların adlî kararların veya hukukî yorumun geliştirilmesi gibi. Görülecektir ki hukuk ve edebiyat ilişkisinin ortaya koyduğu birtakım sonuçlar sadece teori niteliği taşımayıp ayrıca uygulanabilir olmaktadır. Bu makale ''hukuk ve edebiyat'' akımına akımın üzerine inşa edildiği fikirlere ve fikirlerin olası yönlerde geliştirilmesine dair bir giriş olarak görülebilir. Türkçede hukuk ve edebiyat ilişkisi ile ilgili çok az çalışma olduğundan çevirinin değerli bir katkı sağlamasını umuyoruz. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Hukuk ve edebiyat, yorum, hukuk felsefesi, hukuk dili, hukuk kültürü, anlatı, hukuk sosyolojisi

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