Briefcase

by John Adams

Overview

Winner, 2012 NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for the Best First Book of Poetry

Sometimes amusing, sometimes sobering, this compilation by judge John Adams is a melange of poems—in traditional and experimental forms—and other texts, which include affidavits, police reports, a sudoku puzzle, court transcripts, a menu, various wills, and commentaries. A disordered novella that brings insight into the practice and language of the law through legal documents, it superbly explores the role of language as a vessel for truth and an implement of justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775580317
Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Adams is a poet, a judge of the district and family courts, and a former consulting editor of the Butterworths Family Law Service. He teaches settlement conference and mediation skills for Institute of Judicial Studies and legal education courses in family law skills for the New Zealand Law Society.