Subjects:

General Interest

Contents:

Heavenly Justice

Once More Unto the Breach: Branagh's Henry V, Blair's War and the UK Constitution

'It's the Vibe!': The Common Law Imaginary Down Under

Rebel Without a Cause?

Toy Law, Toy Joy, Toy Story 2

On Realism and the Law Film: the Case of Oscar Wilde

Trial as Documentary: Images of

Eichmann

Film and Law: In Search of a Critical Method

Endless Street, Pursued by Ghosts

'Into the Blue': The Cinematic Possibility of Judgment with Passion

Not Harmless Entertainment: State Censorship and Cinema in the Transitional Era

The Natives are Looking: Cinema and Censorship in Colonial India

Rethinking Regulation: Violence and 1967 Hollywood

Cultural 'Patronage' Versus Cultural 'Defence': Alternatives to National Film Policies

How the Movie Moguls Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New Technologies: Copyright and Film

A More Developed Sign: the Legal Mediation of Things.

This book is an essential introduction to the complex issues and debates in the field of law and film. It explores interconnections that are usually ignored between law and film through three main themes: A Fantastic Jurisprudence explores representations of law in law Law, Aesthetics and Visual Technologies focuses on the visual aspects of law's moving image Regulation: Histories, Cultures, Practices brings together work on censorship and intellectual property to explore the complex inter-relationship between the State, industry and private regulation.