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Jurisprudence Popularized: Between Law, Literature, and Film
Jurisprudence Popularized: Between Law, Literature, and Film

Author(s): Marta Dubowska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej – Sekcja Polska IVR
Keywords: law and literature; law and film; law and popular culture; narrative; jurisprudence

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I discuss the apparent similarities between the “literate approach” and the aspiring “visual media approach”. Then, I scrutinize arguments for utility of the second approach. It seems that even though both approaches are founded on similar humanistic considerations, they are nonetheless separate positions; thus the need to justify the application of the second approach independently of the first. As an important task in due course I consider debunking the arguments in support of accusations of the “law and film” movement of being a threat to law and its legitimacy (as related to the “law going pop” argument by Richard K. Sherwin).

  • Issue Year: 26/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English