Edmond Picard and the Congo Free State: A Study in Law and Literature

While the law and literature movement has treated a number of important texts, contexts, figures from both spheres, surprisingly absent is situation Leopold II’s Congo Free State person Edmond Picard. This article seeks to redress that absence, looking first at Picard as an figure who represents analyzing few texts directly related colonialism in Congo: specifically, his legal opinion Consultation délibérée travel narrative En Congolie. Then, we examine examples Anglo-American literary resistance Leopold’s project before coming some conclusions. study demonstrate way which questions are inextricably linked: pose problems common vice versa. Interacting with work prominent scholars, such Richard Posner, Weisberg, Robin West, conclude two spheres ought not be abstracted one another, but rather examined conjointly, case offering glimpse into how hand-in-hand real world consequences for human lives.