The search for truth occupies a central place in both the legal system and the literary arts, yet each pursues that goal through fundamentally different means. Courts promise truth through structure, rules of evidence, burdens of proof, and sharply defined issues designed to resolve disputes while safeguarding liberty. Literature, by contrast, seeks truth through expansion, probing motives, identities, and moral consequences that resist neat resolution. This tension between procedural certainty and narrative depth lies at the heart of an illuminating conversation between Professor Rodger Citron and the author and attorney Victor Suthammanont, whose professional life bridges these two worlds: See Citron, Roger. Law Literature, and the Search for Truth, VERDICT (Justia) 11 December 2025.
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