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The celluloid courtroom : a history of legal cinema /
The genre of legal cinema is an extensive and revealing one: it is a body of films that depicts lawyers, clients, criminals, judges, and juries, often not as they actually are, but as we would like them to be. The idealized courtroom of many legal movies tells us a great deal about what we think of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Making the Case; 1. The State versus ... : The Client; 2. All Rise: The Judge; 3. Trial of One's Peers: The Jury; 4. Shysters and Saints: The Lawyer; Conclusion: Summary judgment; Appendix: Order in the Court; Notes; Index.