Hello All,
 
I concur with the sentiments.  We'll miss Gaylord Jentz.  In the best of ways, his picture would have been next to the word "Gentleman" in the dictionary. 
 
For Rick, how about Sophocles' Oedipus trilogy and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.  I had students once nearly come to blows in a discussion of Antigone (much to my surprise).  I'm also quite fond of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.  Finally, though it's not actually literature, I was blown away by Margaret Atwood's Massey lectures last year, now published as Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth.  It's an examination of the idea of debt in literature, law, morality and religion.  I put this on my students' holiday book list and think all business students should read it.
 
I know that's more than two, but I'm using new math.
 
Carolyn Hotchkiss

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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Rick Kunkel
Sent: Tue 11/24/2009 6:53 AM
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Subject: Honors Course - Law and Literature



Dear ALSB Friends,

I join you in mourning the passing of Gaylord Jentz and honoring him.  I did
not know him well from our short interactions at national conferences, yet
every time I met him, he treated me equally to those he knew for decades.
It was impossible not to observe the obvious respect and admiration that all
in the ALSB community had for him.  He will be deeply missed.

Now a request for a favor . . .

St. Thomas has an honors program that offers two-credit seminars to honors
students that are team-taught by professors from different disciplines.   A
colleague and I are considering a course titled " Law and Literature".  Here
is my question:

If you taught a course called "Law and Literature" what two favorite books
would you include in the course?  (No need to limit yourself to two, if you
have more suggestions).

Thanks all in advance for your help.

Rick Kunkel
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul MN