Author: Tahmina WatsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735758503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Legal Heroes
Author: Tahmina WatsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735758503
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Perfect Villains, Imperfect Heroes
Author: Ronald L. GoldfarbPublisher: Capital Books
ISBN: 9781931868068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
..."a compelling piece of work, strongly evocative of an era that seems, more and more, to have been one of the most extraordinary periods in our history . The unions, the mobs, the plots, the characters."Don DeLillo
Proceedings
Author: American Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Heroes, Rascals, and the Law
Author: James L. RobertsonPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496819950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
James L. Robertson focuses on folk encountering their constitutions and laws, in their courthouses and country stores, and in their daily lives, animating otherwise dry and inaccessible parchments. Robertson begins at statehood and continues through war and depression, well into the 1940s. He tells of slaves petitioning for freedom, populist sentiments fueling abnegation of the rule of law, the state’s many schemes for enticing Yankee capital to lift a people from poverty, and its sometimes tragic, always colorful romance with whiskey after the demise of national Prohibition. Each story is sprinkled with fascinating but heretofore unearthed facts and circumstances. Robertson delves into the prejudices and practices of the times, local landscapes, and daily life and its dependence on our social compact. He offers the unique perspective of a judge, lawyer, scholar, and history buff, each role having tempered the lessons of the others. He focuses on a people, enriching encounters most know little about. Tales of understanding and humanity covering 130 years of heroes, rascals, and ordinary folk—with a bundle of engaging surprises—leave the reader pretty sure there’s nothing quite like Mississippi history told by a sage observer.
Curiosities of Law and Lawyers
Author: James PatersonOutlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television
Author: Rebecca A. UmlandPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476623511
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Unlike such romanticized renegades as Robin Hood and Jesse James, there is another kind of outlaw hero, one who lives between the law and his own personal code. In times of crisis, when the law proves inadequate, the liminal outlaw negotiates between the social imperatives of the community and his innate sense of right and wrong. While society requires his services, he necessarily remains apart from it in self-preservation. The modern outlaw hero of film and television is rooted in the knight errant, whose violent exploits are tempered by his solitude and devotion to a higher ideal. In Hollywood classics such as Casablanca (1942) and Shane (1953), and in early series like The Lone Ranger (1949-1957) and Have Gun--Will Travel (1957-1963), the outlaw hero reconciles for audiences the conflicting impulses of individual freedom versus serving a larger cause. Urban westerns like the Dirty Harry and Death Wish franchises, as well as iconic action figures like Rambo and Batman, testify to his enduring popularity. This book examines the liminal hero's origins in medieval romance, his survival in the mythology of the Hollywood western and his incarnations in the urban western and modern action film.
The American Law Register
Author: Law Notes
Author: Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History
Author: Graham SealPublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857284215
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places. The book also looks at the contemporary continuations of the outlaw hero mythology, not only in popular culture and everyday life, but also in the current outbreak of global terrorism.
Papers and Proceedings
Author: American Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library administration
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description