| All Walk Free:Portia’ s Illiteracy of Law |
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| 引用本文： | 胡阳,陈果.All Walk Free:Portia’ s Illiteracy of Law[J].海外英语,2012(11):179-180. |
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| 作者姓名： | 胡阳 陈果 |
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| 作者单位： | 浙江外国语学院 |
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| 摘 要： | In Shakespeare’ s Merchant of Venice,Portia is portrayed as a legal expert.Considerable scholarly work has been devoted to the discussion of the play,and Portia’ s ruling appears to be supported by a majority of scholarly commentary.However,a number of important legal issues regarding the contract represented in the play require immediate attention.This article attempts to re-evaluate Portia’ s ruling and the conventional views on Portia as a legal expert by considering the issues in question within a recent framework of law,and will argue that Portia’ s role as a legal expert is questionable.Antonio,Bassanio,and Shylock can all ’ walk free’.
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| 关 键 词： | Portia as legal expert contract validity law of contract walk free |
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