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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808715303321

Titolo

Studies in law, politics, and society . Volume 46 / / edited by Austin Sarat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald/JAI, 2009

ISBN

1-280-77131-3

9786613682086

1-84855-379-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Studies in law, politics, and society ; ; v.46

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Sociological jurisprudence

Law - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Board; Part I: Symposium on Law and Film; Chapter 1. What Screen do You have in Mindquest Contesting the Visual Context of Law and Film Studies; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Strange Encounters: Exploring Law and Film in the Affective Register; Part I: New Registers for Thinking: Technique, Perception, Affect; Part II: How Films Work on us: Intensities, Resonances, Displacements; Conclusions: New Interdisciplinary Configurations for Law and Film Scholarship?; Notes; Acknowledgments

ReferencesChapter 3. A witness to Justice; 1. Visions of Sarah; 2. Sarah's Struggle; 3. Before the Law; 4. Beyond Trial Films; Notes; References; Chapter 4. Projecting the Judge: A Case Study in the Cultural Lives of the Judiciary; Introduction; Two Moms: A Family Portrait; Projecting the Judge;  The Story So Far; Images of 'the Judge' in Two Moms; The Extradiagetic Judge in Two Moms; Some Reflections on 'Context'; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Filmography; Chapter 5. Law, Hollywood and the European Experience; 1. Overview of Law and Film Scholarship

2. Law and Film in Europe3. Current Debates; 4. The Changing Context of Debate: Structural and Cultural Changes in Europe; 5. The Future; Notes; References; Part II: General Articles; Chapter 6. The Location of



Resistance: Understanding Tactics of Resistance in the Welfare Office; Method; Community, Stigma, and Resistance; The Welfare Office; Resistance in the Welfare Office; Leapfrogging; Turning the Attitude Around; Customer Model; Locating Resistance; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Ethics, Aesthetics, and Law: The Third Man's Three Prongs; 1. Introduction; 2. The Plot

3. Ethical Conflicts: Beyond the Gray Zones4. Loyalties and Law; 5. Aesthetics; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References

Sommario/riassunto

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.