Both law & popular culture pervade our lives Popular culture constructs our perceptions of law & changes the way that players in the legal system behave Now in its second edition Law & Popular Culture A Course Book explores the interface between two subjects of enormous importance to everyone
- law & popular culture Each chapter takes a particular legally themed film or television show such as Philadelphia Dead Man Walking or Law & Order treating it as both a cultural text & a legal text The new edition has been updated with new photos &
Includes:: greater emphasis on television than in the first edition because there are so many DVDs of older TV shows now available Law & Popular Culture is written in an accessible & engaging style without theoretical jargon & can serve as a basic text for undergraduates or graduate courses & be taught by anyone who enjoys pop culture & is interested in law An instructor's manual is available on request from the publisher & author