The law and literature movement focuses on the interdisciplinary connection between law and literature this field has roots in two major developments in the intellectual history of law first the growing doubt about whether law in isolation is a source of value and meaning or whether it must be plugged into a large cultural or philosophical or social science context to give it value and meaning and second the growing focus on the mutability of meaning in all texts whether literary or . Law literature a leading interdisciplinary journal publishing original innovative and methodologically diverse research at the intersection of law and literature search in this journal anywhere. Law and literature published triennially and edited by the faculty of the cardozo school of law of yeshiva university and a board of international scholars is one of only two journals in the country entirely focused on the interdisciplinary movement known as law and literature the movement which explores law related literature and the literary value of legal documents provides a unique perspective on how law and literature are mutually enlightening. Law and literature studies are separated into three areas the first area involves law in literature this area focuses on the legal themes depicted in novels and other literary works these fictionalized accounts are used as a prism through which actual proceedings in us courtrooms are scrutinized the second area involves law as literature this area studies the educational aspects of actual trials that involve recurring legal disputes over issues such as race relations and the proper