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Law and justice on the small screen / edited by Peter Robson and Jessica Silbey.

Contributor(s): Robson, Peter, 1947- | Silbey, JessicaPublication details: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub, 2012. Description: xv, 472 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781849462693; 1849462690Subject(s): Law on television | Justice, Administration of, on television | Culture and lawDDC classification: 791.456554 LOC classification: PN1992.8. | J87L38 2012
Contents:
Measuring humanity : rights in the 24th century / Lief H. Carter and Michael McCann -- Television, pleasure, and the empire of force : interrogating law and affect in Deadwood / Rebecca Johnson -- Making "bad apples" on The bridge : a production study of the making of a police drama / Anita Lam -- Testing television : studying and understanding the impact of television's depictions of law and justice / Kimberlianne Podlas -- Let's see how far we've come : the role of empirical methodology in exploring television audiences / Cassandra Sharp -- Dark justice : women legal actors on basic cable / Taunya Lovell Banks -- A third rapist? : Television portrayals of rape evidence rules / Paul Bergman -- Prosecutors and psychics on air : does a "psychic detective effect" exist? / Christine A. Corcos -- Lawyers in terrorism thrillers / Tung Yin -- Til debt do us part : reality TV and the Financial Literacy Regulatory Project / Freya Kodar -- Judging reality television judges / Nancy S. Marder -- Television judges in Germany / Stefan Machura -- Judge Judy : constructions of "justice with an attitude" / Marilyn Terzic -- Reality TV and the entrapment of predators / Mark Tunick -- Bordering on identity : how English Canadian television differentiates American and Canadian styles of justice / Ummni Khan -- Television divorce in post-Franco Spain : Anillos de oro (Wedding rings) / Anja Louis -- "McNutty" on the small screen " : improvised legality and the Irish-American cop in HBO's The wire / Sara Ramshaw -- Torture and contempt of law in "24" : selling America new "patriotic" values / Ryan J. Thomas and Susan Dente Ross -- Decoding the dark passenger : the serial killer as a force for justice : adapting Jeff Lindsay's Dexter for the small screen / Angus Nurse -- Canada : ADR and The associates / Jennifer L. Schulz -- Stranger danger? : Sadistic serial killers on the small screen / Annette Houlihan.
Summary: This is a wide-ranging collection of essays about law in and on television. In light of the book's innovative taxonomy of the field and its international reach, it will make a novel contribution to the scholarly literature about law and popular culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Measuring humanity : rights in the 24th century / Lief H. Carter and Michael McCann -- Television, pleasure, and the empire of force : interrogating law and affect in Deadwood / Rebecca Johnson -- Making "bad apples" on The bridge : a production study of the making of a police drama / Anita Lam -- Testing television : studying and understanding the impact of television's depictions of law and justice / Kimberlianne Podlas -- Let's see how far we've come : the role of empirical methodology in exploring television audiences / Cassandra Sharp -- Dark justice : women legal actors on basic cable / Taunya Lovell Banks -- A third rapist? : Television portrayals of rape evidence rules / Paul Bergman -- Prosecutors and psychics on air : does a "psychic detective effect" exist? / Christine A. Corcos -- Lawyers in terrorism thrillers / Tung Yin -- Til debt do us part : reality TV and the Financial Literacy Regulatory Project / Freya Kodar -- Judging reality television judges / Nancy S. Marder -- Television judges in Germany / Stefan Machura -- Judge Judy : constructions of "justice with an attitude" / Marilyn Terzic -- Reality TV and the entrapment of predators / Mark Tunick -- Bordering on identity : how English Canadian television differentiates American and Canadian styles of justice / Ummni Khan -- Television divorce in post-Franco Spain : Anillos de oro (Wedding rings) / Anja Louis -- "McNutty" on the small screen " : improvised legality and the Irish-American cop in HBO's The wire / Sara Ramshaw -- Torture and contempt of law in "24" : selling America new "patriotic" values / Ryan J. Thomas and Susan Dente Ross -- Decoding the dark passenger : the serial killer as a force for justice : adapting Jeff Lindsay's Dexter for the small screen / Angus Nurse -- Canada : ADR and The associates / Jennifer L. Schulz -- Stranger danger? : Sadistic serial killers on the small screen / Annette Houlihan.

This is a wide-ranging collection of essays about law in and on television. In light of the book's innovative taxonomy of the field and its international reach, it will make a novel contribution to the scholarly literature about law and popular culture.