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The commentaries listed below were previously featured in other Picturing Justice departments. 

From SILVER SCREEN: 

Paul Joseph comments on Pleasantville

Micael Richmond comments on Rogue Cops, Gangsta Rap, and the Highwayman

Jon-Christian Suggs compares Adam's Rib and A Time To Kill.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on Amistad.

Martin Mhando comments on Amistad.

Michael Asimow comments on Anatomy of a Murder (1959).

Webitor Rob Waring comments on The Apostle.

Webitor John Denvir comments on Bean.

Michael Asimow comments on Body Heat.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on Bulworth.

Elizabeth Friedman Comments on Career Girls.

Stan Ross, in an excerpt from his column on legal ethics in the Law Institute Journal, Melbourne, Australia, comments on The Castle  and   Brilliant Lies.

Webitor John Denvir comments on Chinatown.

Michael Asimow comments on Dangerous Beauty.

Steve Greenfield & Guy Osborn comment on The Devil's Advocate.
 

Webitor Rob Waring comments on The Devil's Advocate.

Michael Asimow comments onA Free Soul (1931).

Michael Asimow and Paul Bergman comment on The Gingerbread Man.
 

Webitor Rob Waring comments on Grosse Pointe Blank.

Webitor John Denvir comments on Homicide.

Judith Grant comments on Jackie Brown.

Michael Asimow comments on Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).

Michael Asimow comments on Knock on Any Door (1949).

Webitor John Denvir comments on The Last Wave.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on Liar, Liar.

Michael Asimow comments on Lynch Mobs in Trial Movies.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on The People v. Larry Flynt.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on The Rainmaker.

Judith Grant comments on The Rainmaker.

Webitor John Denvir comments on Red Corner.

Michael Asimow and Stan Ross comment on Return to Paradise.

Michael Asimow comments on Roxie Hart (1943) and The Big Hangover (1954).

Elisabeth Friedman comments on Set It Off.

Judith Grant comments on Snake Eyes.

Webitor Rob Waring comments on The Sweet Hereafter.

Wilda White comments on A Time To Kill.
 
Jon-Christian Suggs compares Adam's Rib and A Time To Kill. 

Webitor Rob Waring comments on Trial and Error.

Max Friedman comments on how Vegetarians are portrayed on the silver and small screen.

Webitor John Denvir comments on The Verdict.

Webitor John Denvir comments on Wag the Dog.

From SMALL SCREEN:

Michael Asimow comments on The Practice

John Denvir comments on The Practice

Webitor John Denvir comments on Ally McBeal  and  Michael Hayes. 

Francis M. Nevins discusses of an episode from the Maverick series in which director Robert Altman parodies Hollywood "legal westerns."  This is an excerpt from Nevins' forthcoming essay on televison "legal westerns."

Johnny Burris comments on Maximum Bob 

Stan Ross comments on the documentary Paradise Lost.

Michael Asimow comments on The Practice.
Michael Asimow returns with another comment on The Practice. 

Michael Asimow comments on Real Court Television.

Paul Joseph comments on the game Ultima Online.

From NEWS AND VIEWS: 

Play it Again, Sam: Election Politics Has Nothing On The Movies by Christine Corcos and Paul Joseph

Essay by James Elkins: Are Lawyer Films Anti-Lawyer?

Essay by Paul Mason: Men, Machines And The Mincer: The Prison Movie.

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