Law in popular belief : myth and reality / edited by Anthony Amatrudo, Regina Rauxloh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Perception shaped by traditional media; Part II: Perception shaped by other means; Part III: Perception of those at the fringe of society; Three conclusions; 1. Law needs myths for its legitimacy; 2. Law needs myths for its existence; 3. Unveil the myth about law-.making; Reference; I Perception shaped by traditional media; 1 Criminology through the looking-glass; Crime through the looking-glass; Criminal law, land and social destruction.

Whigs and huntersMaintaining class assets, Marx and resistance to the new order of private property; Behind the criminological mirror where things are upside down and in reverse; References; 2 What do they know of law who only cop shows know?; Generating social censures; Victims in the criminal justice system; Television depiction; Practical matters: real-.world policing and the law courts; Practical matters; Conclusion; References; 3 Regurgitating the media image: towards a phenomenology of the 'visible' in criminal justice; Introduction; Teaching the reduction; Reconsidering media ethics.

The power of voiceConcluding remarks; Notes; References; 5 A comparative analysis of the criminal and civil justice systems in England and Wales; Introduction; The Civil Procedure Rules 1998; The Family Procedure Rules 2010; The Criminal Procedure Rules; Magna Carta; Reforms; Conclusion; Statutes; 6 Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the United Kingdom Parliament; Introduction; Representing the ECtHR as a 'risk'; (Mis)representing ECtHR jurisprudence; (Mis)representing the ECtHR in the House of Commons; (Mis)representing the ECtHR in the House of Lords.

Representing the ECtHR as biasedConclusion; List of judgments and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and former European Commission of Human Rights; References; 7 Forward!: Coding, decoding and recoding law in public art for urban regeneration ; Introduction; Public art and urban regeneration; Forward!; Concluding remarks; References; III Perception of those at the fringe of society; 8 Criminology and the legacies of Clarice Starling; A serial killer thriller; Starling as a character; Fact in the fiction; Dissenting voices; Talking with serial killers; The structural tradition.

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.

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