ࡱ> WYVc t.bjbj 0Tfft&Z Z TDK(ssssN"p |uwwwwww$!$hNNsshhhssuhuhh=s0r a0,$4$=$=$h44$Z e: American Law and Film HNRS 305S Section 16354 Fall 2018 Instructor: Dr. Robin Henry Office: 325 Brennen II Time: M/W 9:30-10:45 Email: robin.henry@wichita.edu Class: Shocker Hall A132 Office phone: 978-7741 Office Hours: T/R 11-12:15 RSC (near help desk), W 3-4 (Brennen Hall office), or by appointment INTRODUCTION: American popular culture has demonstrated an enduring fascination with lawyers, the law, and the legal system. This course focuses on the portrayal of the legal system in films. Throughout the course, we will use film as a lens through which to examine the American criminal and civil justice systems, lawyers and legal education, and social and civil rights. Additionally, we will consider how film helps shape public perception of lawyers, creates viewer expectations regarding law and justice, and may even influence the conduct of practicing attorneys and judges. HOW TO USE THIS SYLLABUS: This syllabus provides you with information specific to this course, and it also provides information about important university policies. This document should be viewed as a course overview; it is not a contract and is subject to change as the semester evolves. IMPORTANT ACADEMIC DATES: For Fall semester 2018, classes begin Monday, August 20, 2018, and end Thursday, December 6, 2018. The last date to drop a class and receive a W (withdrawn) is Friday, August 31, 2018. GRADING SCALE: A 93-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79 D+ 67-69 F 0-59 A- 90-92 B 83-86 C 73-76 D 63-66 B- 80-82 C- 70-72 D- 60-62 STUDENT ASSESSMENT: Students will be assessed through analytical essays and classroom discussion. MEASURABLE STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the course, students will be able to: Explore the manner in which the law and lawyers are represented in film Critically analyze representations of courtrooms, juries, and trials in film Consider how gender, race, and class affect the legal process and its outcome Evaluate the use of film for polemical and/or reform purposes Reflect on the role of law and the legal culture in American society ASSIGNMENTS: Analytical Papers: 50% Participation: 20% Theme Film Paper: 30% DAILY READINGS: All readings can be found on JSTOR and Blackboard and need to be read BEFORE class each day. You can find most of the films on the SWANK database, accessible through the WSU libraries website. The two exceptions to this rule are The Paper Chase and Judgement in Berlin, which can be found in the Reserve section in the library. DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENTS: You will write 10 (10), 2-3 page analytical papers on our daily films with a critical eye toward the theme of the day. The papers are due the day after we watch the film in class. Please note: There are ELEVEN (11) paper prompts, so you get to choose which paper you dont write! Themed Film Paper: For your final project you will select a legal subject featured in at least three films. These films should be different from the ones weve watched in class. You will watch, read articles about, and write an analytical paper comparing and contrasting how each film dealt with your chosen theme. For more specific details see the Themed Film Paper assignment on our blackboard page. EXTRA CREDIT: I do not offer extra credit. LATE WORK: Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day posted on the syllabus. For every twenty-four hours your assignment is late, I will take off 1/3rd of a letter grade. In case of emergencies, I may accept your work with proper documentation. I do not accept assignments via email unless you have made previous, specific arrangements with me. CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: During class please make sure that all beepers, pagers, cell phones, PDAs of any kind, and anything else that makes noise is turned off. You need to put away any newspapers and work for other classes. As adults you also need to take care of any personal business before class. You are also bound by the student behavior guidelines spelled out in the Student Code of Conduct. SCHEDULE OF COURSES: 8/20 Introduction 8/22 The Long History of Law in the Movies Reading: Orit Kamir, Why Law and Film and what does it actually mean?: A Perspective, 19 Continuum: The Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, vol. 19, (Jun., 2005) 255-278 [BB] American Legal Education 8/27 Viewing: The Paper Chase Reading: Michael Asimow and Shannon Mader, Legal Education in Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book, 2d ed, (New York: Peter Lang, 2013) 105-23 [BB]; explore  HYPERLINK "http://www.hls.harvard.edu" http://www.hls.harvard.edu 8/29 Viewing: The Paper Chase contd Reading: J.T. Dillion, Paper Chase and the Socratic Method of Teaching Law, Journal of Legal Education, vol. 30, no. 4/5 (1980): 529-35 [JSTOR] 9/3 NO CLASS The Idealized Lawyer 9/5 Viewing: To Kill a Mockingbird Reading: Michael Asimow and Shannon Mader, Lawyers as Heroes in Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book, 2d ed, (New York: Peter Lang, 2013) 44-59 [BB] ***PAPER #1 DUE IN CLASS*** 9/10 Viewing: To Kill a Mockingbird contd Reading: Randolph N. Stone, Atticus Finch, in Context, Michigan Law Review, vol. 97, no. 6 1999, 1378-81; Joseph Crespino, The Strange Career of Atticus Finch, Southern Cultures, vol. 6, no. 2 (Summer, 2000), 9-29 [BB] The Role of the Jury 9/12 Viewing: 12 Angry Men Reading: Michael Asimow and Shannon Mader, The Jury in Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book, 2d, ed., (New York: Peter Lang, 2013), 181-200 [BB]; Alexis de Tocqueville, Trial By Jury in the United States Considered as a Political Institution, in Democracy in America [BB]; Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 US 510 [BB] ***PAPER #2 DUE IN CLASS*** 9/17 Viewing: 12 Angry Men contd Reading: Carol J. Clover, Movie Juries, DePaul Law Review, vol. 48 (Winter 1999) 389-401. (When citing for your paper feel free to use the page numbers on each page 1-12.) [BB] Courtroom Procedures and Trial Tactics 9/19 Viewing: Anatomy of a Murder (2h 40 min.) Reading: The Adversarial System and the Trial Genre, Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book, 2d ed., (New York: Peter Lang, 2013) 23-43. ***PAPER #3 DUE IN CLASS*** 9/24 Viewing: Anatomy of a Murder contd Reading: Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder, Litigation, vol. 15, no. 4 (Summer 1989): 62-65, 68 [JSTOR]; Emerson T. Chandler, Nudism and the Smallmouth Bass, American Bar Association Journal, vol. 51, no. 6 (June 1965): 564-65 [JSTOR] 9/26 Viewing: Anatomy of a Murder contd Reading: Cornelia Vismann, Sara Ogger, Tele-Tribunals: Anatomy of a Medium, Grey Room, no. 10 (Winter, 2003): 5-21 [JSTOR] The Constitution at Home 10/1 Viewing: Lincoln Readings: Daniel Itzkovitz, Lincoln and the Radicals, Transition, no. 112 Django Unpacked (2013): 78-98 [JSTOR] ***PAPER #4 DUE IN CLASS*** 10/3 Viewing: Lincoln Readings: Harold K. Bush, What Historians Think About Spielbergs Lincoln, Cinaste, vol. 38, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 13-19 [JSTOR] The Constitution Abroad 10/8 Viewing: Judgement in Berlin Reading: Jules Lobel, The Constitution Abroad, The American Journal of International Law, vol. 83, no. 4, The United States Constitution in its Third Century: Foreign Affairs (Oct., 1989), 871-79 [JSTOR] ***PAPER #5 DUE IN CLASS*** 10/10 Viewing: Judgement in Berlin contd Reading: US v Tiede 86 FRD 227 (US Court of Berlin 1979) [BB] 10/15 NO CLASS 10/17 NO CLASS 10/22 NO CLASS Slavery, Race, and American Law 10/29 Viewing: Amistad Reading: Steven Mintz, Spielbergs Amistad and the History Classroom, The History Teacher, vol. 31, no. 3 (May 1998) 370-73;  HYPERLINK "http://www.famoustrials.com/amistad" http://www.famoustrials.com/amistad examine the following sections: the trial court, chronology, map, and US Supreme Court decision, as well as any other sections that interest you. ***PAPER #6 DUE IN CLASS*** 10/31 Viewing: Amistad contd Reading: Howard Jones, Cinqu of the Amistad a Slave Trader?: Perpetuating a Myth, The Journal of American History, vol. 87, no. 3 (Dec., 2000) 923-39 [JSTOR] 11/5 Viewing: Amistad contd Reading: Steve Lipkin, When Victims Speak (Or, What Happened When Spielberg Added Amistad to His List?), Journal of Film and Video, vol. 52, no. 4 (Winter, 2001): 15-32 [JSTOR] Civil Rights and Delayed Justice 11/7 Viewing: Ghosts of Mississippi Reading: Margaret M. Russell, Cleansing Moments and Retrospective Justice, Michigan Law Review, vol. 101, no. 5, Colloquium: Retrying Race (Mar., 2003) 1225-1268 [JSTOR] ***PAPER #7 DUE IN CLASS*** 11/12 Viewing: Ghosts of Mississippi contd Reading: Allison Graham, We Aint Doin Civil Rights: The Life and Times of a Genre, as Told in The Help, Southern Cultures, vol. 20, no. 1 The Help (Spring 2014): 51-64 [JSTOR] 11/14 Viewing: Ghosts of Mississippi contd Reading: Myrlie Evers-Williams, Keeping a Promise: The Trials of Byron de la Beckwith, paper given at Crimes of the Civil Rights Era Conference, April 27-28, 2007, 1-9. [BB] ***PAPER #8 DUE IN CLASS*** 11/19 NO CLASS 11/21 NO CLASS Class Action Law Suits and Environmental Law 11/26 Viewing: A Civil Action Reading: Kevin E Mohr, Legal Ethics and A Civil Action, Seattle University Law Review, vol. 23, no. 2 (Fall, 1999): 283-349 [BB] ***PAPER #9 DUE IN CLASS*** 11/28 Viewing: A Civil Action contd Women in Law 12/3 Viewing: Legally Blonde Reading: C. Lucia, Women on Trial: The Female Lawyer in the Hollywood Courtroom, in Feminism, Media, and the Law, eds. M. Fineman and M. McCluskey (1997) 146-67. ***PAPER #10 DUE IN CLASS*** 12/5 Legally Blonde contd Reading: Kelly A. 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