The big trial : law as public spectacle / Lawrence M. Friedman.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Subjects:
Trials > United States > History.
Free press and fair trial > United States.
Physical Description:225 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Law and its audience
  • Open to the public : the headline trial
  • Political trials
  • Corruption and fraud
  • Was justice done?
  • Tabloid trials
  • Celebrity trials
  • Mystery and identity
  • The worm in the bud
  • The reason why
  • Who are we : identity and the headline trial
  • Enter the media
  • Instant celebrity
  • A concluding word.