Peter Robson

Jennifer L Schulz

Table of Contents -- Contributors"" Biographies -- 1 -- A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV -- Introduction -- 2 -- Australia -- The Development of Australian Television -- Law and Justice in Australian Television History -- Law and Justice on Australian Television in November 2014 -- Concluding Remarks -- 3 -- Belgium (Flanders) -- Introduction -- Production, Import, Imperialism and Cultural Proximity -- Fiction on Flemish Television between 2006 and 2013 -- Historical Overview of TV Law Shows in Flanders -- TV Law Shows in Flanders Today -- Conclusions and Discussion -- 4

A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV

This collection examines law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much "justice" material viewers were able to access in the multi-channel world of 2014 looking at three phases: apprehension (police), adjudication (lawyers), and disposition (prison/punishment). All of the authors indicate how television developed in their countries. Some have extensive public service channels mixed with private media channels. Financing ranges from advertising to programme sponsorship to licensing arrangements. A few countries have mixtures of these. Each author also examines how "TV justice" has developed in their own particular jurisdiction. Readers will find interesting variations and thought-provoking similarities. There are a lot of television shows focussed on legal themes that are imported around the world. The authors analyse these as well. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in law, popular culture, TV, or justice and provides an important addition to the literature due to its grounding in empirical data.

Jennifer L Schulz

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