This course will examine the representation of Justice and judicial process and the image of the legal profession in films. We will explore how this dramatic fiction influences a popular conception of justice that corresponds to a definite model of civil society that is not limited to the resolution of disputes and the enforcement of public order.
Discussions will be based on partial screening and analysis of films produced within the last fifty years. In addition to discussing forms of representation of the adjudication process we will examine the popular portrayal of lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. We will also discuss the public’s expectations of the courts’ function as public forum and of the relationship between legal rules, truth and morality in the popular definition of justice.


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