Prime time law
Subtitle: fictional television as legal narrative
By: edited by Robert M. Jarvis and Paul R. Joseph.
Contributors: Jarvis, Robert M., 1959-; Joseph, Paul R.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Lawyers on television.; Justice, Administration of, on television.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Defenders / David Ray Papke; title: Hill Street Blues / Susan Beth Farmer; title: L.A. Law / John Brigham; title: Law & Order / Dawn Keetley; title: Matlock / Gail Levin Richmond; title: Murder One / Jeffrey E. Thomas; title: N.Y.P.D. Blues / Richard Clark Sterne; title: Paper Chase / Walter A. Effross; title: Perry Mason / Norman Rosenberg; title: Picket Fences / Douglas E. Abrams; title: Rumpole of the Bailey / John Denvir; title: Science Fiction / Paul R. Joseph; title: Situation comedies / Robert M. Jarvis; title: Soap Operas / Rod Carveth; title: Westerns / Francis M. Nevins; title: Women Lawyers / Christine Alice Corcos; title: Young lawyers / Michael M. Epstein.