{"product_id":"trial-films-on-trial-law-justice-and-popular-culture-paperback-softback-9780817359294","title":"Trial Films on Trial; Law, Justice, and Popular Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817359294","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrial Films on Trial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLaw, Justice, and Popular Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAustin Sarat (Edited by), Jessica Silbey (Edited by), Martha Merrill Umphrey (Edited by), Austin Sarat (Introduction by), Jessica Silbey (Introduction by), Martha Merrill Umphrey (Introduction by), Carol J. Clover (Contributions by), Barry Langford (Contributions by), Katie Model (Contributions by), Jennifer Petersen (Contributions by), Austin Sarat (Contributions by), Ticien Marie Sassoubre (Contributions by), Jessica Silbey (Contributions by), Norman W. Spaulding (Contributions by), Martha Merrill Umphrey (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817359294\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.378 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrial Films on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e successfully brings together distinguished and emerging scholars to engage important questions about law's representation in film and, fascinatingly, film's law-like logic.\"\" - Daniel LaChance, author of \u003ci\u003eExecuting Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A marvelously generative text which will, I am certain, stand as an important and defining contribution to the field of law and film.\"\" - Patricia Ewick, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA collection of wide-ranging critical essays that examine how the judicial system is represented on screen.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Historically, the emergence of the trial film genre coincided with the development of motion pictures. In fact, one of the very first feature-length films, \u003ci\u003eFalsely Accused!\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1908, was a courtroom drama. Since then, this niche genre has produced such critically acclaimed films as \u003ci\u003eTwelve Angry Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Murder\u003c\/i\u003e. The popularity and success of these films can be attributed to the fundamental similarities of filmic narratives and trial proceedings. Both seek to construct a \"\"reality\"\" through storytelling and representation and in so doing persuade the audience or jury to believe what they see.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrial Films on Trial: Law, Justice, and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to focus exclusively on the special significance of trial films for both film and legal studies. The contributors to this volume offer a contemporary approach to the trial film genre. Despite the fact that the medium of film is one of the most pervasive means by which many citizens receive come to know the justice system, these trial films are rarely analyzed and critiqued. The chapters cover a variety of topics, such as how and why film audiences adopt the role of the jury, the narrative and visual conventions employed by directors, and the ways mid-to-late-twentieth-century trial films offered insights into the events of that period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Pleasures and Possibilities of Trial Films by Austin Sarat, Jessica Silbey, Martha Merrill Umphrey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Law and the Order of Popular Culture by Carol J. Clover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Knowing It When We See It: Realism and Melodrama in American Film Since \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e by Ticien Marie Sassoubre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Reasonable Doubts, Unspoken Fears: Reassessing the Trial Film's \"\"Heroic Age\"\" by Barry Langford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Disorder in Court: Representations of Resistance to Law in Trial Film Dramas by Norman W. Spaulding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. \"\"I Am Here. I Was There.\"\": Haunted Testimony in \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Specialist\u003c\/i\u003e by Katie Model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. The Appearance of Truth: Juridical Reception and Photographic Evidence in \u003ci\u003eStandard Operating Procedure\u003c\/i\u003e by Jennifer Petersen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574398185752,"sku":"9780817359294","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trial-films-on-trial-law-justice-and-popular-culture-paperback-softback-9780817359294","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}