Television and the Legal System

Television and the Legal System
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781135238025
ISBN-13 : 1135238022
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Book Synopsis Television and the Legal System by : Barbara Villez

Download or read book Television and the Legal System written by Barbara Villez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American legal television series have long informed viewers - and fostered myths - about the legal system in the US. Villez examines this genre from the 1940s to the present, and contrasts American legal shows with those in France, where the same genre offers a strikingly different representation of justice.


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