In the wake of Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary renditions, and secret torture centres in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, Revenge versus Legality addresses the relationship between law and wild or vigilante justice; between the power to enforce retribution and the desire to to seek revenge.
Establishing the medium of graphic fiction as a critical resource for interdisciplinary legal studies, this collection is the first to address the int..
Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque explores the profound impact that visual digital technologies are having on the practice, teaching, ..
American legal television series have long informed viewers - and fostered myths - about the legal system in the US. Villez examines this genre from t..
Emotions, Genre, and Justice in Film and Television explores textual representations of emotions from a cultural perspective. It considers emotions as..
Establishing the medium of graphic fiction as a critical resource for interdisciplinary legal studies, this collection is the first to address the int..
In a world of global media, Japanese popular culture has become a significant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity. This volume..
This book examines the harm ‘everyday’ discrimination causes and proposes ways in which it can be redressed. It draws on critical and feminist theory ..
Introducing readers to the study of law, media and popular culture, this text, using three original case studies, re-examines the assumptions underpin..
American legal television series have long informed viewers - and fostered myths - about the legal system in the US. Villez examines this genre from t..
Emotions, Genre, and Justice in Film and Television explores textual representations of emotions from a cultural perspective. It considers emotions as..