Prime Time Law: Fictional Television As Legal Narrative [Paperback]

Robert M. Jarvis (Editor), Paul R. Joseph (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0890898081 | ISBN-13: 978-0890898086 | Publication Date: July 1998

Written by leading academicians from such diverse fields as law, history, English, political science, and mass communication, Prime Time Law examines the depiction of lawyers and legal issues in fictional television. Serious enough to be discussed in the classroom, entertaining enough to be read in the living room, and valuable enough to be kept in the library, Prime Time Law includes references to over 350 shows.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890898081
• ISBN-13: 978-0890898086
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,642,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Prime Time Law -- a great read!, November 26, 2001

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Morgan Tomczyk (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prime Time Law: Fictional Television As Legal Narrative (Hardcover)

I read "Prime Time Law" for my Society and Law class at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It is formatted into essays written on different prime time television shows (i.e. Law & Order, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, etc.). The book as a whole is an excellent analysis of how law and legal actions are portrayed on the small screen. An exception read for anyone interested in a theoretical analysis of such television programs.