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This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" features a symposium on law and film as well as two articles of general interest. It brings together the work of scholars from several disciplines, work which usefully illuminates central questions in the operation of law and legal systems. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

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What screen do you have in mind? Contesting the visual context of law and film studies. Strange encounters: Exploring law and film in the affective register. A witness to justice. Projecting the judge: A case study in the cultural lives of the judiciary. Law, Hollywood and the European experience. The location of resistance: Understanding tactics of resistance in the welfare office. Ethics, aesthetics, and law: The Third Man. List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society. Copyright page.

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

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      Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
      Published 22 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9781848553781
      978-1848553781
      ISBN-10 1848553781
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" features a symposium on law and film as well as two articles of general interest. It brings together the work of scholars from several disciplines, work which usefully illuminates central questions in the operation of law and legal systems. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

      Table of Contents
      What screen do you have in mind? Contesting the visual context of law and film studies. Strange encounters: Exploring law and film in the affective register. A witness to justice. Projecting the judge: A case study in the cultural lives of the judiciary. Law, Hollywood and the European experience. The location of resistance: Understanding tactics of resistance in the welfare office. Ethics, aesthetics, and law: The Third Man. List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society. Copyright page.

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