Overview
Commentators have noted the extraordinary impact of popular culture on legal practice, courtroom proceedings, police departments, and government as a whole, and it is no exaggeration to say that most people derive their basic understanding of law from cultural products. Movies, television programs, fiction, childrenOCOs literature, online games, and the mass media typically influence attitudes and impressions regarding law and legal institutions more than law and legal institutions themselves. ...""
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Author: Michael Asimow ,
Kathryn Brown (Tilburg University, Netherlands) ,
David Ray Papke ,
Michael Asimow
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781443861588
ISBN 10: 1443861588
Pages: 421
Publication Date: 23 July 2014
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Reviews
« 'Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book' will become an instant classic. Focusing on exemplary films and television shows about law and lawyers, Asimow and Mader present insightful readings and interpretations of both their narrative and visual elements. This book provides a stellar example of the kind of intellectual excitement that can be generated in the classroom and a truly invaluable resource for teachers and students eager to explore the increasing important connections of law and popular culture.
Author Information
Michael Asimow is Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School and Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law. He is the co-author of Law and Popular Culture-A Course Book (2013), Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies (2006), and Lawyers In Your Living Room: Law on Television (2009). He teaches law school and undergraduate seminars on law and popular culture as well as administrative law, contract law, and income tax.Kathryn Brown is a lawyer and art historian based at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, where she lectures on intersections between law and the visual arts. She is the author of Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 (2012) and editor of The Art Book Tradition in Twentieth-Century Europe (2013) and Interactive Contemporary Art: Participation in Practice (2014). She was a corporate partner in an international law firm prior to becoming an art historian.David Ray Papke is Professor of Law at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His books and articles on American legal history and the role of law in American culture include the prize-winning Heretics in the Temple: Americans Who Reject the Nation's Legal Faith (1998). He is a co-author of Law and Popular Culture: Text, Notes, and Questions (2007; 2nd ed. 2012), the first comprehensive textbook concerning the relationship of law and popular culture.
