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The popular culture of American law has never played a larger role than it does today in shaping the way we think about lawyers and the legal system. Our very definition of justice is now inseparable from motion picture and television images and popular legal narratives, from Hollywood westerns and O. J. Simpson to Law and Order and John Grisham. Through its exploration of the "legal" film genre, Movies on Trial is an illuminating and entertaining examination of the interrelationship between law and film. While the dramatic possibilities of the courtroom scene have long been familiar to moviegoers, beyond that trope our culture relies upon a concept of the law drawn from images presented on the silver screen. Law professor and movie aficionado Anthony Chase focuses on how movies fit into our history, our politics and, particularly, our legal values and assumptions. <p> Whether analyzing Dirty Harry and True Believer for their commentary on the Miranda ruling and criminal procedure, or explaining tort law via The Verdict and A Civil Action, Chase uses film to investigate and inventory many of our deepest beliefs about law and politics, providing a strong historical and intellectual

Author

Anthony Tirado Chase

Publisher

New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565847002

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14