Law in popular belief

Myth and reality
Herausgeber: Amatrudo, Anthony; Rauxloh, Regina

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Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the relationship between statute 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. It explores how myths are created about the law and how myths are created by the law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780719097836
• ISBN-10: 0719097835
• Artikelnr.: 47106032

Autorenporträt

Anthony Amatrudo is Associate Professor in Criminology at Middlesex University Regina Rauxloh is Associate Professor in Law at Southampton University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Anthony Amatrudo and Regina E. Rauxloh Part I: Perception
shaped by traditional media 1 Criminology through the looking glass - Colin
Sumner 2 What do they know of law who only cop shows know? - Anthony
Amatrudo 3 Regurgitating the media image: toward a phenomenology of the
'visible' in criminal justice - Matthew R. Draper and David Polizzi Part
II: Perception shaped by other means 4 'Kony is so last month': lessons
from social media stunt 'Kony 2012' - Regina E. Rauxloh 5 A comparative
analysis of the criminal and civil justice systems in England and Wales -
Matthew R. Smith 6 Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the
United Kingdom Parliament - Paul Johnson 7 Forward! Coding, de-coding, and
re-coding law in public art for urban regeneration - Ronnie Lippens Part
III: Perception of those at the fringe of society 8 Criminology and the
legacies of Clarice Starling - David Wilson 9 Letters to Casey Anthony, a
woman accused of murder - Lizzie Seal 10 The gypsy's lot: myth and reality
- Robert Jago Index