Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian is an insightful interdisciplinary study that examines Charles Dickens’s literary works as historical documents of the legal system. Through detailed analysis of novels such as Bleak House, Oliver Twist, and Great Expectations, the book reveals how Dickens portrayed courts, lawyers, prisons, and legal injustices of Victorian England. The author demonstrates that Dickens was not merely a novelist but a keen observer and critic of legal institutions, exposing procedural delays, inequality, and the human cost of rigid legal formalism. The book situates Dickens’s narratives within their historical legal context, making it a valuable resource for understanding the social impact of law during the nineteenth century. This Indian Reprint, 2024 makes a classic scholarly work accessible to Indian readers, law students, academicians, and researchers interested in law and literature. It is particularly useful for courses on legal history, jurisprudence, and interdisciplinary legal studies, offering a compelling example of how literature can illuminate legal evolution and reform.






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