| Description |
xiv, 357 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-347) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to law and popular culture -- The adversary system and the trail genre : assigned film : Anatomy of a murder (1959) -- Lawyers as heroes : assigned film : To kill a mockingbird (1962) -- Lawyers as villains : assigned film : The verdict (1982) -- The life of lawyers : assigned film : Counsellor at law (1933) -- Legal education : assigned film : The paper chase (1973) -- Law on television : assigned material : Boston legal, season 1, disk 1 (episodes 1-4) -- The criminal justice system : assigned television show : Law & order (season 5, episodes 1-4) -- The jury : assigned film : 12 angry men (1957) -- Military justice : assigned film : A few good men (1992) -- The death penalty : assigned film : Dead man walking (1996) -- The civil justice system : assigned film : A civil action (1998) -- Civil rights : assigned film : Philadelphia (1993) -- Family law : assigned film : Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). |
| Subject |
Law in motion pictures.
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Law on television.
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
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Justice, Administration of, on television.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Law -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Mader, Shannon, author.
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| Standard No. |
822667766 |
| ISBN |
9781433113246 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1433113244 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781453910801 (e-book) |
| OCLC # |
830124278 |
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