The big trial : law as public spectacle /

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The trial of O.J. Simpson was a sensation, avidly followed by millions of people, but it was also, in a sense, nothing new. One hundred years earlier the Lizzie Borden trial had held the nation in thrall. The names (and the crimes) may change, but the appeal is enduring-and why this is, how it works...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Temas:
Trials > United States > History.
Procès > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Media & the Law.
Trials.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Law and its audience
  • Open to the public : the headline trial
  • Political trials
  • Corruption and fraud
  • Was justice done?
  • Tabloid trials
  • Celebrity trials
  • Mystery and identity
  • The worm in the bud
  • The reason why
  • Who are we : identity and the headline trial
  • Enter the media
  • Instant celebrity
  • A concluding word.

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