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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Subjects:
Trials > United States > History.
Procès > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Media & the Law.
Trials.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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