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Law in popular belief

Myth and reality

Edited by Anthony Amatrudo, Regina Rauxloh

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In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest of the so-called "law in context" extending legal studies beyond black letter law. This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. The authors look at a number of themes that are central to examining ways in which myths about law are formed, and how there is inevitably a constitutive power aspect to this myth making. At the same time they explore to what extent law itself creates and sustains myths. The book will be of general interest to a number of different disciplines such as legal theory, general law, criminology and sociology.
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In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest of the so-called "law in context" extending legal studies beyond black letter law. This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. It explores how myths are created about the law and how myths are created by the law. This line of enquiry is taken from a wide range of viewpoints and thus offers a unique approach to the question of relationship between theory and practice. As such the book will be of general interest to a number of different disciplines such as legal theory, general law, criminology and sociology and will reach a wide academic audience in the UK, Europe and the USA. This line of enquiry is taken from a wide range of viewpoints and thus offers a unique approach to the question of relationship between theory and practice. The book covers both empirical studies and theoretical engagements in the area of legal understanding and this affords a very comprehensive coverage of the area, utilising American as well as UK scholarship, addressing issues of gender and class, as well as considering psychological material. By addressing the topic from an inter-disciplinary standpoint the book will fill an important gap in the literature.

Author Biography

Anthony Amatrudo is Associate Professor in Criminology at Middlesex University Regina Rauxloh is Associate Professor in Law at Southampton University

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date March 2017
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780719097836
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 70 GBP
  • Pages232
  • ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions234 x 156 mm
  • Illustration1 black & white illustration
  • Biblio NotesIntroduction - Anthony Amatrudo and Regina E. Rauxloh Part I: Perception shaped by traditional media 1 Criminology through the looking glass - Colin Sumner 2 What do they know of law who only cop shows know? Anthony Amatrudo 3 Regurgitating the media image: toward a phenomenology of visible in criminal justice - Matthew R Draper and David Polizzi Part II: Perception shaped by other means 4 Kony is so 'last month': lessons from social media stunt 'Kony 2012' - Regina E Rauxloh 5 A comparative analysis of the criminal and civil justice system in England and Wales - Matthew Smith 6 Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the United Kingdom Parliament - Paul Johnson 7 Coding, de-coding, and re-coding order in public art - Ronnie Lippens Part III: Perception of those at the fringe of society 8 The legacies of Clarice Starling: myths, media and realities about the phenomenon of serial murder - David Wilson 9 Writing to Casey Anthony: imagined relationships, personal identification and autobiography in letters to a woman accused of murder - Lizzie Seal 10 The gypsy's lot: myth and reality - Robert Jago Index

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