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Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

The objective of this paper is to analyse and compare representations of the legal systems of England and the United States in two courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) by Billy Wilder and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) by Otto Preminger. After a brief analysis of the links between law and...

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Auteur principal:	Dubrac, Anne-Laure
Format:	Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:	Anglais
Publié:	Angles 2020
Sujets:	cinéma droit anglais à visée professionnelle fiction procédure accusatoire Common law cinema law English for Specific Purposes (ESP) adversary procedure Common Law
Accès en ligne:	Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:angles_1588 https://doi.org/10.4000/angles.1588 urn:doi:10.4000/angles.1588 en https://journals.openedition.org/angles/1588 2020-07-16T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/9n06 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Angles Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2274-2042 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/angles Dubrac, Anne-Laure cinéma droit anglais à visée professionnelle fiction procédure accusatoire Common law cinema law English for Specific Purposes (ESP) fiction adversary procedure Common Law The objective of this paper is to analyse and compare representations of the legal systems of England and the United States in two courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) by Billy Wilder and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) by Otto Preminger. After a brief analysis of the links between law and fiction, the article presents an overview of how these films represent the professional environments that are central to their stories. It then explores differences and similarites between English and American law in theory and in practice. Since this article is addressed to French law students, it also makes occassional reference to the Civil Law system and to the inquisitorial procedure. L’objectif de cet article est de comparer les représentations cinématographiques des systèmes de justice anglais et américains à travers l’étude de deux fictions cinématographiques à subtrat professionnel (FASP): Witness for the Prosecution (1957) de Billy Wilder and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) d’Otto Preminger. Après une brève présentation des liens entre droit et fiction, l’article propose une analyse des environements professionnels montrés dans ces œuvres et s’intéresse, d’un point de vue théorique et pratique, aux similarités et aux différences du droit anglais et américain. Dans la mesure où l’article s’adresse à des étudiants français, il fait également référence de façon répétée au droit civil et à la procédure inquisitoire.
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topic	cinéma droit anglais à visée professionnelle fiction procédure accusatoire Common law cinema law English for Specific Purposes (ESP) fiction adversary procedure Common Law
spellingShingle	cinéma droit anglais à visée professionnelle fiction procédure accusatoire Common law cinema law English for Specific Purposes (ESP) fiction adversary procedure Common Law Dubrac, Anne-Laure Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
description	The objective of this paper is to analyse and compare representations of the legal systems of England and the United States in two courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) by Billy Wilder and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) by Otto Preminger. After a brief analysis of the links between law and fiction, the article presents an overview of how these films represent the professional environments that are central to their stories. It then explores differences and similarites between English and American law in theory and in practice. Since this article is addressed to French law students, it also makes occassional reference to the Civil Law system and to the inquisitorial procedure.
author	Dubrac, Anne-Laure
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title	Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
title_short	Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
title_full	Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
title_fullStr	Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
title_full_unstemmed	Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
title_sort	criminal courts in england and the united states: a comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: witness for the prosecution (1957) and anatomy of a murder (1959)
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Criminal Courts in England and the United States: A comparative approach to fictional representations as portrayed by two classic examples of courtroom films: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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