Crime Fiction And The Law (Birkbeck Law Press) - 9781138818460

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- 1 The introduction didn't do it -- 2 Critique, crime fiction and the no right answer thesis -- 3 The rise of crime fiction and the fading of law's empire: Chronicle of a swap foretold -- 4 French television crime fictions: The case of Spiral (Engrenages) - coming out of the confusion -- 5 Locating justice in Wallander: Trading TV stories, local jurisdictions and global injustice in the Swedish and UK Wallanders -- 6 Attainable utopias -- 7 Necessary deceptions: Kafka and the mystery of law -- 8 Suspending democracy: Vigilante justice and the rule of law in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy -- 9 Lawless -- In memoriam -- Attitudes to law and legal systems in crime fiction in Africa: An overview with special reference to Kenyan crime fiction -- Index

• | Author: Maria Aristodemou, Fiona Macmillan, Patricia Tuitt
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 181 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138818461
• | ISBN-13: 9781138818460