Both law and popular culture pervade our lives. Popular culture constructs our perceptions of law and changes the way that players in the legal system behave. Now in its second edition, \u003cI\u003eLaw and Popular Culture: A Course Book \u003c/I\u003eexplores the interface between two subjects of enormous importance to everyone â law and popular culture.\u003cBR\u003e Each chapter takes a particular legally themed film or television show, such as \u003cI\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/I\u003e, \u003cI\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c/I\u003e, or \u003cI\u003eLaw and Order\u003c/I\u003e, treating it as both a cultural text and a legal text. \u003cBR\u003e 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.\u003cBR\u003e \u003cI\u003eLaw and Popular Culture \u003c/I\u003eis written in an accessible and engaging style, without theoretical jargon, and can serve as a basic text for undergraduates or graduate courses and be taught by anyone who enjoys pop culture and is interested in law. An instructorâs manual is available on request from the publisher and author.
nl
en