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9780631228165

Law and Film

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631228165

  • ISBN10:

    0631228160

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-06-08
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This collection brings together contemporary work from Britain, Germany and the United States on how law and lawyers have been represented in film, particularly in the past 40 years. The collection recognises the major influence of Hollywood and the American legal system and seeks to explore the nature and significance of this dominance. A historical dimension to the portrayal of law and film. The nature and actual impact of the dominant Anglo-American portrayal is include. A European dimension is provided.

Author Biography

Stefan Machura and Peter Robson are the authors of Law and Film, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Law in Film: Globalizing the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
American Criminal Trial Films: An Overview of their Development 1930 - 2000
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
Law in the Movies: Contrasting the American and European Tradition
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama:
Adapting the Modern Law Novel: Filming
Myths in the Oeuvre of John Ford
Cape Fear - Two Versions and Two Visions Separated by Thirty Years
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama: Stefan Machura and Stefan Ulbrich (Ruhr-Universitat)
The German Courtroom Film During the Nazi Period
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
Borders and Boundaries: Location the Law in Film
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
Hero or Villain? Cinematic lawyers and the delivery of justice
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
Why A Jury Trial is More Like a Movie Than a Novel
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
Patterns of Courtroom Justice
the Hollywood Courtroom Drama
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