Chase, Anthony, 1948-

Movies on trial : the legal system on the silver screen / Anthony Chase. - New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2002. - xx, 204 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-192) and index.

Chapter 1 Legal Visibility: Finding and Looking at Law 1 --
Chapter 2 Constitutional Foundation: Revolution and the Rule of Law 32 --
Chapter 3 Criminal-Law Films: Crime-Control Versus Due-Process Cinema 67 --
Chapter 4 Civil-Law Films: The cinema of Tort Liability 104 --
Chapter 5 International-Law Films: Sovereignty, Idealism, Consensus 120 --
Chapter 6 Films of Comparative Law and Politics: Germany 133 --
Chapter 7 Popular Culture, Legal Genre, Realism 158.

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Justice, Administration of,in motion pictures.
Lawyers in motion pictures.
Administración de justicia en el cine
Abogados en el cine

PN 1995.9 / C487m 2002

791.43