Title: Picturing Justice

Source/Sponsoring Agency: University of San Francisco; Denvir, John; Joseph, Paul; Waring, Rob

URL: http://www.usfca.edu/pj

Date Checked: 9/29/1998      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 2/13/1998

Topics: Legal Profession

Other keywords: Film; Television

Contents: "Picturing Justice" is an online journal published by a group of law professors, devoted to the image of law and lawyers in film and television. Includes commentaries on current legal-themed films (e.g. "Jackie Brown," "Amistad"), older films ("Adam's Rib", "The Ox-Bow Incident"), and television series, articles on such topics as lynch mobs in trial movies, "legal Westerns", and whether law films are anti-lawyer. Throughout the site are observations on the portrayal of women lawyers. There is also a bibliography of law review articles, announcements of symposia on law and film, and a public commentary section. Although accessible to the layperson, this website isn't just fluff: there are links to many important law-related Internet sites. The webmasters invite submissions of reviews, essays and commentary.

Author of Annotation: A. Carson