Television and the Legal System

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Villez is a Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Paris. Klappentext This book examines the American television legal series from its development as a genre in the 1940s to the present day. Villez demonstrates how the genre has been a rich source of legal information and understanding for Americans. These series have both informed and put myths in place about the legal system in the US. Villez also contrasts the US to France, which has seen a similar interest in legal series during this period. However, French television representations of justice are strikingly different, as is the role of fiction in offering viewers the possibility of acquiring significant understandings of their legal system. The book will be an important addition to the study of popular culture and law and will interest legal scholars, sociologists, and media scholars. Zusammenfassung American legal television series have long informed viewers - and fostered myths - about the legal system in the US. Villez examines this genre from the 1940s to the present, and contrasts American legal shows with those in France, where the same genre offers a strikingly different representation of justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Judge Antoine Garapon. Series Editors’ Preface. Author’s Preface. Introduction 1. An American History: Television Legal Series 2. Actors of Justice as Seen on American Television 3. The French Approach to Legal Series 4. Myths, Models, Messages 5. Citizen Education: Teaching Democracy 6. Conclusion: A Democracy of Individuals. Afterword: Developments from 2005 to 2009. Filmography (Table of US Legal Shows). Bibliography. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Villez, Barbara (University of Paris Villez, Villez Barbara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2012
• EAN: 9780415652247
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65224-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Studies in Law, Society and Popular Culture; Routledge Studies in Law, Society and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Media & the Law, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Humanities, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law