Law in Film by David A. BlackCall Number: PN 1995.9 .J8 B53 1999 LAW
ISBN: 9780252067655
Publication Date: 1999
The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important cultural practice rendered in the terms of another. Drawing on both film studies and legal scholarship, David A. Black explores the implications of representing court procedure, as well as other phases of legal process, in film. His study ranges from an inquiry into the common metaphorical linking film and law, explored through "detective" and "witness" to a critical survey of legal writings; analysis of key law films..