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Law and Jurisprudence in American Culture

Conclave
In its depiction of the Vatican in flux following the death of the Pope, Conclave explores the ideological schisms, political workings, and impact of…
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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
In pitting the celebrated nineteenth-century politician against the devil himself, this film reimagines the economic and legal transformations of that…
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Law, Film, and the New Deal Era
There is much to be learned by thinking about 1930s debates on American jurisprudence and about Hollywood legal dramas in conjunction with one another.
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The Apprentice
The depicted relationship between Roy Cohn and Donald Trump links law, real estate, and politics, as well as establishing a lineage of the American…
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First Blood (1982)
The increasingly destructive competition between Vietnam veteran John Rambo and small-town Sheriff Will Teasle is at essence a battle between two rival…
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The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
John Ford’s second Judge Priest film ruminates on the racial and gender order of postbellum Kentucky, and the place of law and justice within it.
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A Family Affair (1937)
This drama championed the values of classical jurisprudence and traditional family life in face of the economic and social challenges of the 1930s.
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Eileen
This psychological thriller and character study offers a vision of a patriarchal social system in which men abuse themselves and others, and that women…
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Demolition Man (1993)
Demolition Man’s cryogenic motif served as a metaphor for its treatment of issues of time, progress, crime, and punishment.
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Conservativism and Cinema in the 1930s
In the US and Portugal alike, films often conveyed a yearning for simplicity and stability amid that decade’s economic and political upheavals – though…
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