First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Suzanne Bouclin convincingly argues that popular depictions of women’s prisons can illuminate multiple forms of marginalization and oppression experienced by women in conflict with the law.
It seeks to provide an overview of existing work on law and film. The essays cover the portrayal of the Anglo-American legal system in film. The volume includes work on the history and development of this screen coverage.
[25] Finch's dress and demeanour are just as striking as that of Lincoln, perhaps even more so given the decision of Mulligan to dress Finch in white to place him apart. As well as portraying Finch as 'different' from the others, ...
From Edison and the dawn of motion pictures, to the Transformers and the big-business movie industry today, this book has a fascinating selection of the best cases involving the legal side of the movies.
In examining multiple aspects of law in film, Black sustains a focus on the central importance of narrative while also unearthing the influences--pleasure in film, power in law--that lie beyond the narrative realm.
In Framed, she outlines a dignity-oriented, honor-sensitive feminist approach to law and film.
This true story of an epic courtroom showdown, where two of the nation's largest corporations were accused of causing the deaths of children from water contamination, was a #1 national bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics ...
I Moral dilemmas of the lawyers — Cavanaugh in the rape case tears Some of the issues in the L.A. Law pilot involve serious moral dilemmas , but the lawyers ' conduct does not violate the rules of legal ethics . For example , Cavanaugh ...
This book is the perfect resource for burgeoning film artists with an idea, in need of a guide to get them through inception.
Suzanne Bouclin convincingly argues that popular depictions of women's prisons can illuminate multiple forms of marginalization and oppression experienced by women in conflict with the law.