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Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant to people’s acquisition of beliefs and to the development of law.. In this book, readers will find the first transnational, empirical look at ethnicity, gender, and diversity on legally-themed TV shows. Scholars determine the three most watched legally-themed shows in Brazil, Britain, Canada, Germany, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and the United States and then examine gender, age, ability, ethnicity, race, class, sexual orientation and nationality in those shows and countries. As such, this book provides an important link between law, TV, and what is going on in real life.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1Introduction: Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity on TV in Context

Peter Robson and Jennifer L. Schulz



Chapter 2Brazil: Dramas of Televisual Justice

Pedro Fortes and Germano Schwartz



Chapter 3Britain: The Justice System on TV

Peter Robson



Chapter 4Canada: Women, People of Colour & Diversity on Top Law Shows

Jennifer L. Schulz



Chapter 5Germany: Diversity on its Way

Franziska Stürmer



Chapter 6Greece: TV Crime Dramas and Some Reflections on Gender and Race

Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos, and Olga Derzioti



Chapter 7Poland: Polish Productions about Polish Problems

Zofia Zawadzka



Chapter 8Switzerland: Diversity as a Means of Seduction

Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt



Chapter 9United States: Some Representations of Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity on Law-Related TV Series

Christine A. Corcos



AppendixAlphabetical Summary of Television Shows

Product details

Published 07 Jul 2020
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 178
ISBN 9781498572910
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 3 tables
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Peter Robson

Peter Robson was solicitor, judge in Her Majesty’s…

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Jennifer L. Schulz

Jennifer L. Schulz is associate professor at the F…

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Olga Derzioti

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Pedro Fortes

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Lukas Musumeci

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Nickos Myrtou

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Fabian Odermatt

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Peter Robson

Peter Robson was solicitor, judge in Her Majesty’s…

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Jennifer L. Schulz

Jennifer L. Schulz is associate professor at the F…

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Zofia Zawadzka

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