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Book SynopsisThis volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society brings together an international spread of legal scholars, presenting a varied collection of chapters. Chapters include: child abduction during the military dictatorship in Argentina; a novel approach to empirical research on legal framing from the University of California, Berkeley; the role of silence in law and film from Israel; a chapter from Sweden on the use of video in the court of appeal; and finally two chapters on the supreme court in the USA, one looking at influences through social capital on supreme court decision makers and the second looking at the self-perception and public perception of the supreme court.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Redefining the Abduction of Children: Legal Truth in Post-Dictatorial Argentine Courts of Law. Legal Framing. The Silent Defendant: Some thoughts on Law and Film. A Modern Trial: A Study of the Use of Video-Recorded Testimonies in the Swedish Court of Appeal. “It’s the Network”: The Federalist Society as a Supplier of Intellectual Capital for the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court: An Autobiography. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society. Copyright page.
