In this article, the authors examine the contributions of Shakespearean legal thought to our understanding of core aspects of international dispute settlement. These aspects include: the sweeping role of masks in law and in the resolution of disputes; the construction and deconstruction of authority; the purpose of law in arousing desire and thus action; the limits in recognizing informal international law as law; the benefits of exaggeration; the problematic ambition of adjudicators; the key role of passion, against rationality, in understanding and dealing with international disputes; the decision-making resources to be found in logics of life; exercising measure in the enforcement and reach of law; remembering that law deals with human beings in our quest for law’s purity and systematic organization; resisting single-mindedness; the relevance of a dialectic form of proportionality; and the inescapable need to embrace uncertainty. The authors also discuss the general relevance of law & literature, and law & theatre, for all manner of legal professionals and review Shakespeare’s own legal background and thus his a priori ability to deal with legal matters.

中文翻译：

---

国际争端解决中的莎士比亚法律思想

在本文中，作者考察了莎士比亚法律思想对我们理解国际争端解决核心方面的贡献。这些方面包括：面具在法律和争议解决中的广泛作用；权力的建构与解构；法律的目的是激发欲望，从而激发行动；承认非正式国际法为法律的局限性；夸大其词的好处；审裁者的野心问题；激情反理性在理解和处理国际争端中的关键作用；生活逻辑中的决策资源；在执法和法律范围内采取措施；记住，在我们追求法律的纯洁性和系统组织的过程中，法律与人类打交道；抵制一心一意；相称的辩证形式的相关性；以及不可避免的需要接受不确定性。作者还讨论了法律与文学以及法律与戏剧对各种法律专业人士的普遍相关性，并回顾了莎士比亚自己的法律背景以及他处理法律事务的先验能力。