Livre - Law and Popular Culture
340 ASI
Description
Livre
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Asimow Michael
Brown Kathryn
Papke David Ray
Presentation materielle : 1 vol. (413 p.)
Dimensions : 22 cm
Commentators have noted the extraordinary impact of popular culture on legal practice, courtroom proceedings, police departments, and government as a whole, and it is no exaggeration to say that most people derive their basic understanding of law from cultural products. Movies, television programs, fiction, children’s literature, online games, and the mass media typically influence attitudes and impressions regarding law and legal institutions more than law and legal institutions themselves. Law and Popular Culture: International Perspectives enhances the appreciation of the interaction between popular culture and law by underscoring this interaction’s multinational and international features. Two dozen authors from nine countries invite readers to consider the role of law-related popular culture in a broad range of nations, socio-political contexts, and educational environments. Even more importantly, selected contributors explore the global transmission and reception of law-related cultural products and, in particular, the influence of assorted works and media across national borders and cultural boundaries. The circulation and consumption of law-related popular culture are increasing as channels of mass media become more complex and as globalization runs its uncertain course. Law and Popular Culture: International Perspectives adds to the critical understanding of the worldwide interaction of popular culture and law and encourages reflection on the wider implications of this mutual influence across both time and geography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction, Michael Asimow, Kathryn Brown and David Ray Papke, p. 1 Part One: Lawyers and Mediators Chapter One : Ally McBeal and Subjective Narration, Michael Asimow, p. 11 Chapter Two : Comedic Critique: The Pop Cultural Divorce Lawyer, David Ray Papke, p. 27 Chapter Three : Fairly Legal : A Canadian Perspective on the Creation of a Primetime Mediator, Jennifer L. Schulz, p. 43 Chapter Four : Grisham vs. Solmssen, Richard H. Weisberg, p. 57 Part Two: Crime, Criminals and Criminal Justice Chapter Five : Gender, Human Rights and Cybercrime: Are Virtual Worlds Really That Different ?, Kim Barker and Olga Jurasz, p. 79 Chapter Six : Honor Matters Most: Judging Law in the “Spenser” Novels of Robert B. Parker, Anthony Bradney, p. 101 Chapter Seven : Seeing the Big Picture: Why Law Fails in The Wire, John Denvir, p. 121 Chapter Eight : Legal Transplants and Legal Drama: A Comparison between the US and Italy, Elena Falletti, p. 141 Chapter Nine : Justice with a Vengeance: Retributive Desire in the Popular Imagination, Cassandra Sharp, p. 153 Part Three: Portraying the Courtroom Chapter Ten : A Mobile Judge: An Analysis of a Dutch Television Hit, Odile Heynders and Philip Paiement, p. 177 Chapter Eleven : Managing the “Critical Independencies” of the Media and Judiciary in the United Kingdom, Leslie J. Moran, p. 195 Chapter Twelve : Popular Culture and the European Court of Justice: The Anonymous Engine of the European Integration Process, Stefano Montaldo, p. 219 Chapter Thirteen : The Law through the Eye of Courtroom Comedy: The Light Legal Procedural in Context, Peter Robson, p. 233 Part Four: Pop Cultural Jurisprudence Chapter Fourteen : Renegotiating the West in Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit, Kathryn Brown, p. 253 Chapter Fifteen : Affirmative Cinema: When Film-Makers Defend Minorities, Pedro R. Fortes, p. 269 Chapter Sixteen : “It’s my culture, stupid!”: A Reflection on Law, Popular Culture and Interdisciplinarity, Jeanne Gaakeer, p. 285 Chapter Seventeen : Film and Mass Tort Litigation in the United States: A Civil Action and Erin Brockovich Byron G. Stier, p. 305 Chapter Eighteen : Engrenages: Antilegalism and French Realism, Barbara Villez, p. 323 Part Five: Teaching Law and Popular Culture Chapter Nineteen : Popular Culture in the Classroom and Beyond: Using Harry Potter as a Portkey for Civics and Community Involvement, Kelly E. Collinsworth, p. 337 Chapter Twenty : State-Sanctioned Violence, Beethoven and Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, Terri Mester , p. 357 Chapter Twenty-One : More Media and More Countries: New Approaches to Teaching Law and Popular Culture, Donald Papy, p. 369 Chapter Twenty-Two : Teaching a Writing Intensive Law and Popular Culture Freshman Seminar, Gary E. Peter, p. 383 Contributor Biographies, p. 401 Index, p. 409
