Plato's Crito: the authority of law and philosophy
Shakespeare's Richard II: imagining the modern world
Hooker's preface to the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie: constituting authority in argument
Hale's "Considerations touching the Amendment or Alteration of Lawes": determining the authority of the past
Planned Parenthood v. Casey: legal judgment as an ethical and cultural art
Austen's Mansfield Park: making the self out of
Dickinson's poetry: transforming the authority of language
Mandela's speech from the dock and Lincoln's second inaugural address: giving meaning to life in an unjust world.
