| Television and the Legal System Contributor(s): Villez, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415994888 ISBN-13: 9780415994880 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Law | Media & The Law - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 791.456 |
| LCCN: 2009024655 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Law, Society and Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |