Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Note on Texts xv
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction: A Double Obligation 1
8. Chapter One From Assise to the Assize at Home 27
9. Chapter Two Judicature in Crisis: Henry IV, Part 2 50
10. Chapter Tree Neighbourliness and the Coroner’s Inquest in English Domestic Tragedies 72
11. Chapter Four Repairing Community: Empathetic Witnessing in King Lear 96
12. Chapter Five Communal Shaming and the Limitations of Legal Forms: Henry VI, Part 2 and Macbeth 122
13. Postscript 145
14. Acknowledgments 151
15. Notes 155
16. Bibliography 209
17. Index 235