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Topic: Courtroom dramas

	The Post: 'A Civil Action' dirties the water of courtroom dramas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As sure as the sky is blue or crowds gather at the Junction on Thursdays, courtroom dramas are dry, have little action and leave the audience questioning the ethics behind our legal system.
		A Civil Action is this season's first courtroom drama shoving only John Travolta to the forefront to dance his way out of a lousy script.
		Courtroom dramas are never as good as their previews.
	thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /archives/011399/701.html (539 words)

	Saying Goodbye to Ally McBeal
		For example, for the observer untrained in the law, the most significant aspect of a courtroom drama may be the injustice he perceives in the trial and the conviction of a defendant with whom he sympathizes or whose guilt is in doubt.
		The drama is a particularly effective means for critique because it relies so heavily on words (the dialogue), action and the perception of action (by the characters and the observer), and on the interpretation of both words and action as evidence of guilt or innocence.
		An acceptance of the existence of, indeed the necessity for, stable irony in the courtroom drama stems from the playwright's didactic purpose.
	tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/etext/ualr/corcos25.html (16872 words)

	Bora Laskin Law Library - Law-Related Movies - Courtroom Dramas
		Courtroom drama involving rape victim Sarah Tobias (played by Jody Foster) who at times seems to be the one on trial.
		A courtroom drama/comedy where Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, as husband and wife, are on opposite ends of a criminal prosecution where she defends a women charged with murdering her husband with Spencer Tracy prosecuting the case.
		A courtroom drama involving a murder trial where the accused, a lieutenant in the army, is charged with murdering a bar owner who had raped his wife.
	www.law-lib.utoronto.ca /law-505/movies/court.htm (1300 words)

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		The fundamental issue at stake in all courtroom drama is the legitimacy of established hierarchical structures.
		Although the prosecuting attorney ostensibly represents the interests of the state in a criminal trial, it is ultimately the defense lawyer--in his or her role as the personal savior of the defendant--who acts to reinforce the power structure by legitimizing the function of the court in society.
		In contrast, counter-conventional courtroom dramas, that attack the legitimacy of the state and its judicial institutions, tend to fare poorly among wider audiences.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/theatre/eisser/Defenselawyer.html (2354 words)

	The Defenders
		Although both were nominally "courtroom dramas" or "lawyer shows," Perry Mason was first and foremost a classical detective story whose climax played out in the courtroom, while The Defenders focused on the machinery of the law, the vagaries of the legal process, and system's capacity for justice.
		Rose and his writers found much compelling drama in probing the psychology of juries, the motives of clients, the biases of opposing counsel, the flaws of the system itself, and the fallibility of their own lawyer-heroes.
		As a serious courtroom drama, The Defenders series meshed well with network aims for prestige in the early sixties in the wake of the quiz show scandals and charges of creeping mediocrity in TV fare.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/defendersth/defendersth.htm (1458 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse - Steve ...
		Through the perspectives of the defendants and their families, the prosecutor and the defense attorney, guards, deputies, juries, and court personnel, Bogira provides an engrossing look at the human drama of the cases, including the racially motivated beating of a 13-year-old fl boy by the white teenage son of a family believed to be Mafia-connected.
		Bogira's critique focuses on the culture of the courtroom.
		Judges are awarded for getting as many cases through their courtroom as possible in a given day; defense lawyers have almost no time to spendwith their clients; and the defendants, even innocent ones, feel pressured to take plea bargains.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?endeca=1&cds2Pid=155&isbn=0679432523 (810 words)

	Drama Films
		Courtroom legal dramas, which include dramatic tension in the courtroom setting, maneuverings between trial opponents (lawyers, prosecutors, and clients), surprise witnesses, and the psychological breakdown of key participants, were exemplified in films such as the following:
		An Australian film, Breaker Morant (1980) was another tense courtroom drama - the true story of soldiers in the Boer War who were used as scapegoats by the British Army.
		Conversely, the award-winning, potent story of a corrupt politician was dramatized in Robert Rossen's All the King's Men (1949) with Broderick Crawford as the rising politician.
	www.filmsite.org /dramafilms.html (1682 words)

	Willamette Week \| Screen
		Hollywood loves courtroom dramas, and from the number it pumps out every year, it obviously thinks we do, too.
		These days, courtroom dramas are more often just tiresome, cliché-riddled movies that, if you're lucky, might include a cool supporting actor to keep you engaged.
		Finding a successful equation for this combination (a courtroom drama starring Julia Roberts...) would be more than a surprise; it'd be a miracle.
	www.wweek.com /html/screena031500.html (947 words)

	Minow on Inherit the Wind
		Two beloved movies with climactic courtroom scenes present this issue in ways that help us to understand better the purpose and structure of our real-life courtroom dramas.
		Some of the challenges to information in the courtroom relate not just to relevance, but to a transcendent notion of "fairness," as with Drummond's request that prayer meetings not be announced by the judge, for fear that it will prejudice the jury.
		As in any courtroom drama, and indeed in any courtroom, the question of fairness arises over and over, but in this case it both surrounds and exemplifies the core issue of the case.
	www.usc.edu /schools/college/politicalscience/gillman/minow.html (4010 words)

	Hollywood Lawyers
		In the courtroom the defendant is heavily implicated by the prosecution's witnesses, but when Perry Mason cross-examines them, he not only casts doubt on their testimony, but is able to show that another person is indeed the culprit.
		Legal dramas have been so popular they can be satirized on shows like Ally McBeal, or made part of the reality TV craze with People's Court and its clones.
		Films and television dramas give the mistaken impression that most defendants have trials, and that they are either found guilty or exonerated only after a jury of their peers has heard all the evidence.
	www.criminology.fsu.edu /crimemedia/lecture8.html (2643 words)

	Amazon.com: Reel Justice : The Courtroom Goes to the Movies: Books: Paul Bergman,Michael Asimow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For as many accurate depictions of courtroom behavior as there are in films, there must be dozens that are not even close.
		Both authors are professors at the UCLA School of Law, and they use their considerable contacts at the school to the greatest possible advantage, drawing on the years of learning of nationwide experts in various fields of law.
		Courtrooms are the scenes of many of our greatest dramas, both on film and in real life.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0836210352?v=glance (1766 words)

	tvlawyersintro
		The fictional lawyer and reality courtroom programs have been entertained us since the heydays of radio and the golden age of television and they have both influenced and been influenced by our perceptions of justice and the legal process.
		There are several components in the site: a timeline history of television technology, separate annotated lists of fictional lawyer and courtroom reality shows, a combined chronological list, a list of major awards, and a bibliography.
		Everyone in the courtroom that morning was either a judge or a lawyer, assigned as a member of the audience or reciting a role cast from a script based on a real trial (involving a stolen fur coat).
	tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/tv/tvlawyersintro.html (876 words)

	Amazon.com: Courtroom 302 : A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bogira seems to be everywhere in the courtroom at once: sitting with the defendants and the lawyers, schmoozing with the courtroom deputies who've seen it all, talking with the judge in his chambers and sitting with the accused's mother in the back.
		All of the hidden agendas uncovered on the part of the judges, attorneys, police officers and even courtroom clerks is very disturbing when we consider that we are at their mercy to administer laws, justice and legal representation fair and impartially.
		He is building a case, carefully selecting anecdotes or studies from outside the doors of Courtroom 302 in order to draw conclusions about everything from the war on drugs to police brutality-conclusions that we probably would have reached on our own had he just allowed us to hear the whole truth.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679432523?v=glance (2758 words)

	Company News On Call
		Courtroom Dramas Keep Movie Goers on the Edge of Their Seats
		The movie "Erin Brockovich," based on the true story of a single mother spearheading a courtroom battle with a large electric company, will be available on video August 15.
		One of the top films of the year, this courtroom drama has the added suspense of being based on real-life events.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/08-08-2000/0001285443 (279 words)

	C:\Church Web\Aug4sermon.htm
		But there are also the courtroom dramas that unfold on Court TV and on network and cable news programs that are, indeed, realistic.
		One result of this phenomenon is that many people who have never had reason to set foot in an actual courtroom and observe or participate in an actual trial now have a reasonably good idea of the meaning of the more common terms that are used on the shows we watch.
		We know, for example, that a witness for the defense is someone who can attest to the truth of the story told by the defendant, or to that person’s character or state of mind, among other things.
	www.stjohnks.net /umc/March14sermon.htm (1382 words)

	Roger Stahl - Nothing to See Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The courtroom is an intense place: a crucible of argument, a tinder box of emotions, a nexus of law enforcement and civil life.
		The courtroom has a very special relationship to the study of rhetoric.
		That is, the majority of the course will be spent engaging in the forms of courtroom argument — as lawyers, witnesses, judges, and jury members — in the legal practicum we call the mock trial.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~rstahl/courtroom.htm (591 words)

	inside WSU
		Crime dramas are making a minor comeback among broadcast networks as they roll out their new shows for the fall season.
		Other dramas, like ABC’s "The Practice," may show how difficult it is for a criminal defense firm to be successful, but the story lines seem more centered on the personalities of the characters and show more dramatic twists than what commonly happens in a courtroom.
		Shows that do a bad job in the reality realm are those that emphasize "the high excitement" only and ignore the more routine police work or those that seem like police never make mistakes, she says.
	www.wichita.edu /insidewsu/@10-04-2001/Crime_dramas.htm (580 words)

	Medialunchbox - DVD : Kavanagh QC, Set 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He knows that there are devious, even superficial lawyers, some of them in his own chambers, whom he must face across the courtroom, but he acknowledges them as an unavoidable aspect of the world in which he works.
		I have been watching courtroom dramas (and comedies) for many years.
		As an American, the only British courtroom show I ever saw was Rumpole of the Bailey, and I came across Kavanagh while searching for something similar.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000641YUU (358 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Class Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		March 26, 1991 -- ``Class Action'' is much better than the average courtroom drama, in fact, it is one of the best films of the year.
		I must confess I'm a sucker for courtroom dramas, but this film is about three notches above most such movies.
		The tensions cause old bitter feelings to boil to the surface and the two have several intense arguments concerning Hackman's infidelity to his wife, who later dies in the movie, further intensifying the emotional battle between the father and daughter.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/old/classactn.html (409 words)

	The Cinematic Lawyer
		Lawyers have a great many varied images of themselves and of their enterprise, and like the blind man and the elephant, the image of the profession depends upon whether you are grasping the trunk or the tail.
		Lawyers live and work in a world of law, courtrooms, conferences and libraries, but the vast majority of America's non-lawyers do not learn about the law in the bright light of a line-up, from the jury box, or even standing before a judge.
		In a classic drama supporting the sociology of the '40s and '50s, Bogart himself, the legal profession, and society at large bear the heavy burden for a good boy gone bad because his father's lawyer was too busy.
	tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/etext/okla/strickland22.htm (2984 words)

	IGN: The Stax Report: Special Edition on Courtroom Dramas
		I'm now working on a new spec script that is partially a courtroom drama so I've been watching a lot of films in that genre lately.
		This is a fact-based mystery/fl comedy/legal drama about the appeal of socialite Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons, in a wonderfully droll, Oscar-winning performance) who was convicted of trying to murder his troubled wife Sunny (Glenn Close) with an injection of insulin.
		This excellent drama based on Reginald Rose's teleplay forsakes the trial and instead focuses on the jury's deliberations in a capital murder case.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/300/300755p1.html (1394 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of The Rainmaker (1997), ***
		Most of the movie follows the specifics of the court case from beginning to end, and that in itself is an interesting twist.
		Seems like most so-called courtroom dramas dedicate lots of screen time to the crime and the out-of-court implications; then they end with a big climax in the courtroom.
		It’s a solid, well-made courtroom drama that actually spends a lot of time in court.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/rai_kv97.shtml (824 words)

	My Cousin Vinny's courtroom is funny, but unrealistic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As with most courtroom dramas, My Cousin Vinny relies on the pretense that the audience lacks any knowledge of courtroom procedures.
		If you do not particularly care for courtroom procedure and reality, you could potentially find this movie to be entertaining.
		And if you love to play with cars, you will find the latter part of the movie to be an enjoyable experience as Vincent's fiancee, played by Marisa Tomei, describes and compares car performances in great detail during her testimony.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V112/N13/vinny.13a.html (651 words)

	On The Media- As Seen on TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		NEAL HOWARD: I was watching the Bush/Gore election coverage, actually the struggles in the courtroom, and I was struck by the fact that these were supposed to be some of the best trial lawyers in the country that were presenting these cases.
		The sense of relevance and immediacy that is needed to heighten emotion in a courtroom is often lost.
		Justice is something that we're very passionate about, as opposed to, let's say, the finer legal points of the case, which is where the attorneys often spend their time.
	www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_071505_tv.html (1215 words)

	Conference on New Ideas
		A major difference between the civil law and the common law systems is the relatively less central role that courts play in the live of the societies.
		This manifests itself in the fact that “courtroom dramas” are a distinctly common-law phenomenon, and are particularly concentrated in the United States.
		Second, I must provide a more discursive context by reminding students that these are meant as dramas, not as documentaries (except for one I use in Chinese Law-and that one is not a courtroom drama).
	www.aals.org /profdev/newideas/dellapenna.html (474 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Courtroom dramas
		Kent is the first to accept that as a white, Cambridge-educated, middle-class man he is in many ways an unlikely figure to be leading a theatre that has specialised in fl, Irish and political drama.
		But he is not quite the mainstream insider he might at first appear to be.
		Matura praises Kent for his ear for drama and ability to assemble and direct a talented cast.
	books.guardian.co.uk /departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,6000,1267804,00.html (4062 words)

	Law and Drama page
		The image of the courtroom as a theater in which life and death dramas are played is a very common one.
		Dorsey, John Thomas, The Courtroom Drama in Postwar Germany and America (Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979).
		Included are materials on legal costume, courtroom dramas, and theater regulation.
	faculty.law.lsu.edu /ccorcos/lawhum/lawanddrama.htm (1686 words)

	Review: A Civil Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However, Zaillian managed to surprise me by crafting a courtroom drama which is sufficiently different and thought-provoking that I can recommend it with a clear conscience.
		Indeed, the film isn't as much about a court case as it is about the legal system in general and how a sudden empathy with human suffering changes the personality of an ambulance chaser.
		Unlike many courtroom dramas, which are grim and filled with dark tragedies and triumphant revelations, A Civil Action doesn't take itself too seriously, nor does it rely on the crutch of inane action sequences.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/civil_action.html (804 words)

	Nigerian Movies on Naijarules.com - Naija Movies With Courtroom Drama?
		I mean movies based on high voltage courtroom dramas ala John Grisham.
		But most of the courtroom drama thing sef is fake, I remember my first courtroom sit-in for law class, the guy was in for rape and attempted murder, and I swear my whole class was falling asleep, no form of arguement for like 2 hrs.
		That scene was and is still the best courtroom scene that i have seen in any naija video movie,but the movie is not a courtroom drama.
	www.naijarules.com /vb/showthread.php?t=936 (524 words)

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