A transnational study of law and justice on tv / edited by Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robson, Peter, 1947- editor.

Schulz, Jennifer L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of, on television.

Law on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

"This collection examines law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much 'justice' material viewers were able to access in the multi-channel world of 2014 looking at three phases--apprehension (police), adjudication (lawyers), and disposition (prison/punishment). All of the authors indicate how television has developed in their countries. Some have extensive public service channels mixed with private media channels. Financing ranges from advertising to programme sponsorship to licensing arrangements. A few countries have mixtures of these. Each author also examines how 'TV justice' has developed in their own particular jurisdiction. Readers will find interesting variations and thought-provoking similarities. There are a lot of television shows focused on legal themes that are imported around the world. The authors analyse these as well. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in law, popular culture, TV, or justice and provides an important addition to the literature due to its grounding in empirical data."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV

Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz

2. Australia

Cassandra Sharp

3. Belgium (Flanders)

Hilde Van den Bulck, Kathleen Custers and Jan Van den Bulck

4. Britain

Peter Robson

5. Canada

Jennifer L Schulz

6. Denmark

Glen Odgaard

7. France

Barbara Villez (with Valentin Rolando)

8. Germany

Stefan Machura and Michael Böhnke

9. Greece

Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos and Panagiota Nakou

10. Israel

Itay Ravid

11. Italy

Ferdinando Spina

12. Poland

Zofi a Zawadzka

13. Spain

Anja Louis

14. Switzerland

Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt

15. United States of America

Christine A Corcos

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781509905713

1509905715

9781509905706

1509905707

9781509905690

1509905693

OCLC:

964647048