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Law at the movies : turning legal doctrine into art /

Stanley Fish focuses on well-known movies (such as Anatomy of a Murder, Twelve Angry Men, or A Man for All Seasons) that take law as their subject, and explains how legal doctrine is made into the stuff of plot and character. A book for movie lovers written in an accessible and engaging style.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fish, Stanley Eugene (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Law and literature (Oxford)
Subjects:
Law in motion pictures.
Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
Droit au cinéma.
Justice > Administration, au cinéma.
LAW.
Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS.
Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Films, cinema.
Performing Arts.
legal doctrine, film, liberalism, legal process
Electronic books.
Film criticism.
Critiques cinématographiques.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Stanley Fish focuses on well-known movies (such as Anatomy of a Murder, Twelve Angry Men, or A Man for All Seasons) that take law as their subject, and explains how legal doctrine is made into the stuff of plot and character. A book for movie lovers written in an accessible and engaging style.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191999796
0191999792
9780198898733
0198898738
9780198898740
0198898746