Paper's abstract

André Laingui, Poetry in law
Can law be a "poetical" science? Famous thinkers, since the 18th century, answered this question positively. This study aims at defining the poetry of law, and to show through which rhetorical processes, as well as through which inspiration, legal science may become poetry.

Key Words : poetry, Michelet, Schelling
t. 40, 1995 : p. 132-143