“[T]he book ... furnishes a wealth of information and insight for students of Shakespeare and of the history of British law alike. It provides ample proof that the kind of detailed scrutiny which is offered here can bring to light so much more in the exciting contact zone between law and literature in Elizabethan and Jacobean times which comprises the stage and the law courts and legal institutions alike.” – Klaus Stierstorfer,
Anglistik
“Shakespeare's relationship with Law may be well established, but Paul Raffield demonstrates its richness and variety in The Art of Law in Shakespeare.” – Rachel E Holmes, University of Cambridge,
The Review of English Studies
“[T]he discussions are worth the work required of the reader, and the extended treatment of the legal cases, and especially Sir Edward Coke's writings, are valuable.” – Kelly Stage, University of Nebraska–Lincoln,
Renaissance Quarterly