Justice denoted [[electronic resource] ] : the legal thriller in American, British, and continental courtroom literature / / compiled and edited by Terry White ; foreword by Michael A. Kahn

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (588 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.80883/9355
• Soggetto topico: Legal stories; Legal stories - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WhiteTerry (Terrance)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Epigraphs; Foreword: Legal Thrillers: True Facts versus True Fiction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Legal Thriller and the Modern Courtroom Drama; Legal Thrillers: A to Z Bibliography; Supplemental Bibliography; References and Recommended Reading; Appendix 1: Lawyers' Lexicon; Appendix 2: Series Characters; Appendix 3: Craft Notes; Title Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: White provides the most comprehensive scholarly compilation of fictional work of legal suspense in existence. Primarily a bibliography of novels, it also annotates plays, scripts for film and television, novelizations, and short-story collections about lawyers and the law. The idea behind the principal of selection is to disdain labels that reduce the variety of the legal thriller to a subgenre of mystery fiction. Novels that range from suspense thrillers through science fiction to the philosophical novel are included if justice is thematically important. It is therefore an eclectic reference
• Titolo autorizzato: Justice denoted
• ISBN: 1-280-63757-9; 9786610637577; 0-313-05257-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451772703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bibliographies and indexes in popular culture ; ; no. 9.