When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture

by Richard K. Sherwin and Sherwin, Richard K. Sherwin, Richard K.

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The past few decades have seen the legal system entering American popular culture like never before, from the media blitzes surrounding high-profile trials to the countless television programs in which judges rule on everyday disputes. What, if anything, does this mean for the legal system itself? According to Richard K. Sherwin, it is a dangerous development--one that threatens to turn law into spectacle, undermining public confidence as legal style...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226752917

ISBN13:9780226752914

Release Date:June 2000

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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