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Law in Film: Resonance and Representation
Law in Film Resonance and Representation Author:David Alan Black The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important ... more »cultural practice rendered in the terms of another.« less