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Philip Goldfarb Styrt

Philip Goldfarb Styrt is an associate professor of English at St. Ambrose University, where he teaches and writes about Shakespeare, politics, and the uses of the past (among many other things). He lives in Davenport, Iowa with his wife, children, and toothless dog.

Engraved scene from the works of William Shakespeare; the death of Caesar in 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar', 1599.

The Lessons of Due Process in Julius Caesar

Shakespeare's tragedy offers a telling parable about the administration of justice—and rife mishandling thereof—in our day.