Film and the law: the cinema of justice/

Main Author: Greenfield, Steve, 1960-
Other Authors: Osborn, Guy,, Robson, Peter,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Portland: Hart, 2010
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Film and the law : an orientation.
  • The penetration of law and film.
  • Theoretical underpinnings and physical boundaries : defining the territory.
  • Strictly courtroom? : law film and genre.
  • The British law film : from genre to iconography.
  • Military justice on screen.
  • Assessing cinematic lawyers (I) : heroes and villains.
  • Assessing cinematic lawyers (II) : alternative categorisations.
  • Missing in action (I) : judges.
  • Missing in action (II) : juries.
  • Fact, fiction, and the cinema of justice (I) : presumed accurate?