Film and the Law: The Cinema of Justice - Softcover

Greenfield, Steve; Osborn, Guy; Robson, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841137251 ISBN 13: 9781841137254

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Described by Richard Sherwin of New York Law School as the law and film movement's 'founding text', this text is a second, heavily revised and improved edition of the original Film and the Law (Cavendish Publishing, 2001). The book is distinctive in a number of ways: it is unique as a sustained book-length exposition on law and film by law scholars; it is distinctive within law and film scholarship in its attempt to plot the parameters of a distinctive genre of law films; its examination of law in film as place and space offers a new way out of the law film genre problem, and also offers an examination of representations of an aspect of legal practice, and legal institutions, that have not been addressed by other scholars. It is original in its contribution to work within the wider parameters of law and popular culture and offers a sustained challenge to traditional legal scholarship, amply demonstrating the practical and the pedagogic, as well as the moral and political significance of popular cultural representations of law.

The book is a valuable teaching and learning resource, and is the first in the field to serve as a basic guidebook for students of law and film.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is entirely unique and entirely fascinating. Never before has there been an analysis of Film and the Law in such depth and with such enthusiasm. This text is clear and well-researched, provided the reader with a real page-turner! Indeed, such is the appeal of this work, that we feel students, practitioners as well a s members of the general public, will find this truly informative and enjoyable. A pleasure to read!

From the Author:

Steve Greenfield is a senior academic in law at the University of Westminster.
Guy Osborn is Professor of Law at the University of Westminster and Professor (II) in the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.
Peter Robson is Professor of Law at Strathclyde University, Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1841137251
• ISBN 13: 9781841137254
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 358