Popular culture and law. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard K. Sherwin.
• Other Names: Sherwin, Richard K
• Contents: Introductory essay. The interpenetration of popular culture and law / Richard K. Sherwin -- pt. I. Law in popular culture. Law, lawyers, and popular culture / Lawrence M. Friedman ; Looking for law in all the old traces: the movies of classical Hollywood, the law, and the case(s) of Film Noir / Norman Rosenberg ; Postcolonial erotic disruptions: legal narratives of culture, sex and nation in India / Ratna Kapur ; Living in a Copernican Universe: law and fatherhood in a 'Perfect World' / Austin Sarat -- pt. II. Popular culture in law. 'Desperate for love': cinematic influences upon a defendant's closing argument to a jury / Philip N. Meyer ; Law frames: historical truth and narrative necessity in a criminal case / Richard K. Sherwin ; The impact of factual versus fictional media portrayals on cultural stereotypes / Sheila T. Murphy ; Slap leather! legal culture, Wild Bill Hickok, and the gunslinger myth / Steven Lubet -- pt. III. Law as commodity. A new constitutional regime: the juridico-entertainment complex / Douglas S. Reed ; Litigation public relations / Susanne A. Roschwalb and Richard A. Stack ; An oil strike in hell: contemporary legends about the civil justice system / Marc Galanter ; From law to content in the new media marketplace / Daniel M. Filler -- pt. IV. Law in cyberspace. The laws of virtual worlds / F. Gregory Lastowka and Dan Hunter ; Digital speech and democratic culture: a theory of freedom of expression for the information society / Jack M. Balkin -- pt. V. Pop culture and law in theory. Gaining/losing perspective on the law, or keeping visual evidence in perspective / Christopher J. Buccafusco ; Toward a legal theory of popular culture / Anthony Chase.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (612 pages)
• Subjects: 340.115; Culture and law; Popular culture -- United States; Technology and law; Sociological jurisprudence; Culture and law; Popular culture; Sociological jurisprudence; Technology and law; Pop-Kultur; Unterhaltung; Internet; Recht; Rechtssoziologie; Recht; Massenkultur; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351553711; 1351553712
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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