Legal Reelism: Movies as Legal Texts.
Denvir, John. Legal Reelism: Movies as Legal Texts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1996]. xviii, 314 pp. Softcover. Fine. Interally clean. $15. * An analysis of the intersection of popular cinema, legal culture, and jurisprudence. Denvir and a team of contributing legal scholars and film theorists examine cinematic works as sophisticated cultural texts that both reflect and shape public perceptions of the American legal system. Individual chapters deploy diverse analytical frameworks to evaluate how popular movies address critical legal themes, including the nature of constitutional justice, the ethics of legal advocacy, the representation of race and gender in the courtroom, and the evolving public understanding of the rule of law.
Price: $15.00
Book number 87075