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

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, UK, : Emerald/JAI, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.115
• Soggetto topico: Sociological jurisprudence; Law - Political aspects
• Altri autori: SaratAustin
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Studies in law, politics and society
• ISBN: 1-280-77131-3; 9786613682086; 1-84855-379-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808715303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in law, politics, and society ; ; v.46.