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 ...
Some, like Paul Newman's Judge Roy Bean, blithely and unconcernedly break laws left and right. Others act only after a deep moral struggle and extensive soul searching. Does the disturbing figure of the Judge-asLawbreaker reflect our ...
the contrary, in rejecting the notion that Atticus Finch is a role model for today's lawyers, here is what I said: “Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying that I would present as role models those truly admirable lawyers who, ...
This is a collection of essays which explores the ways in which law interacts with and is represented in popular culture. In common with earlier volumes in the Current Legal...
Robert B. Parker, Taming a Sea-Horse (New York: Dell, 1987f), 271–2. Emerson, “Self Reliance,” 188 and 187. Lawrence Buell, Emerson (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press, 2003), 64. For a detailed examination of Emerson's ...
Both law and popular culture pervade our lives. Movies and television shape our perception of law and change how players in the legal system behave. This Book explores the interface between these enormously important subjects.
This new Second Edition of Law and Popular Culture: Text, Notes, and Questions maintains the most appreciated features of the First Edition published in 2007.
The new edition has been updated with new photos and includes greater emphasis on television than in the first edition because there are so many DVDs of older TV shows now available.