The Accusers
Law, Justice and the Image of Prosecutors in Hollywood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14970920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Berkowitz (0009-0001-4002-5486, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-152 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2004.10854537 |
| OpenAlex | W2040154191 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay begins with the observation that the American culture industry is nearly incapable of presenting state prosecutors in a positive light. Through readings of three apparent exceptions to this rule, the essay argues that prosecutors can only be heroically and positively conceived on screen when they abandon their traditional association with law and seek to do justice beyond the laws. To the extent that prosecutors can be seen as a proxy for the image of the ideal of legal justice itself, this essay argues that the imagining of prosecutorial justice in Hollywood shows that law has lost its once-assumed connection with justice
Art history · Economic Justice · Hollywood · Ideal (ethics · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |