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The United States Constitution in film : part of our national culture
- Title
- The United States Constitution in film : part of our national culture / Eric T. Kasper and Quentin D. Vieregge.
- Author
- Kasper, Eric T.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Vieregge, Quentin D., 1979-
- Description
- x, 303 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book analyzes how films have accurately or inaccurately portrayed the powers, rights, and freedoms within the U.S. Constitution, and it also explores how filmmakers' lessons about the Constitution have changed over time. This book would make an excellent addition to a course or research on constitutional law or film analysis"--
- Series Statement
- Politics, literature, and film
- Uniform Title
- Politics, literature, & film.
- Alternative Title
- U.S. constitution in film
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
- Contents
- Congress : "The government's hands are tied" -- The presidency : "I will shoulder all responsibility" -- Supreme Court justices and federal judges : "That's not the way I read the law!" -- The freedom of and from religion : "'There is no contradiction between faith and science... true science!" -- The freedoms of speech and press : "The Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!" -- The right to keep and bear arms : "You can get further with a kind word and a gun" -- The rights of criminal suspects against police : "We need a reason to knock on this door!" -- The rights of the criminally accused in court : "The whole trial is out of order!" -- The rights of the convicted : "What we've got here is failure to communicate" -- Equal protection of the law : "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" -- Freedom and the right to privacy : "The only privacy that's left is the inside of your head" -- The right to vote : "It was a war long before we got here"
- Call Number
- MFL 19-356
- ISBN
- 9781498549110
- 149854911X
- LCCN
- 2018036798
- OCLC
- 1055568691
- Author
- Kasper, Eric T., author.
- Title
- The United States Constitution in film : part of our national culture / Eric T. Kasper and Quentin D. Vieregge.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Politics, literature, and filmPolitics, literature, & film.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
- Added Author
- Vieregge, Quentin D., 1979- author.
- Spine Title
- U.S. constitution in film
- Other Form:
- Online version: Kasper, Eric T., author. U.S. Constitution in film Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018] 9781498549127 (DLC) 2018047305
- Research Call Number
- MFL 19-356