Law in popular belief : myth and reality / edited by Anthony Amatrudo and Regina Rauxloh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amatrudo, Anthony, editor.

Rauxloh, Regina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest of the so-called "law in context" extending legal studies beyond black letter law. This book looks at the relationship between written law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. The authors look at a number of themes that are central to examining ways in which myths about law are formed, and how there is inevitably a constitutive power aspect to this myth making. At the same time they explore to what extent law itself creates and sustains myths. This line of enquiry is taken from a wide range of viewpoints and thus offers a unique approach to the question of relationship between theory and practice. The book critically assesses the public's level of legal, psychological and social awareness in relation to their knowledge of law and deviant behaviour. This line of enquiry is taken from a wide range of viewpoints and thus offers a unique approach to the question of relationship between theory and practice. The book covers both empirical studies and theoretical engagements in the area of legal understanding and this affords a very comprehensive coverage of the area, and addressing issues of gender and class, as well as considering psychological material. It brings together a range of academics and practitioners and asks questions and address contemporary issues relating to the relationship between law and popular beliefs.

Contents:

Introduction / Anthony Amatrudo and Regina Rauxloh

Criminology through the looking-glass / Colin Sumner

What do they know of law who only cop shows know? / Anthony Amatrudo

Regurgitating the media image : towards a phenomenology of the 'visible' in criminal justice / Matthew R. Draper and David Polizzi

'Kony is so last month' : lessons from social media stunt 'Kony 2012' / Regina E. Rauxloh

A comparative analysis of the criminal and civil justice systems in England and Wales / Matthew R. Smith

Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the United Kingdom Parliament / Paul Johnson

Forward! : coding, decoding and recoding law in public art for urban recognition / Ronnie Lippens

Criminology and the legacies of Clarice Sterling / David Wilson

Letters to Casey Anthony, a woman accused of murder / Lizzie Seal

The gypsy's lot : myth and reality / Robert Jago.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Mar 2026).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781526115416

1526115417

9781526123985

1526123983

9781526115409

1526115409

OCLC:

1105454714