Law and Cinema: An Introduction
https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2023-2-117-125
Abstract
The article reveals the main trends of the “Law and Cinema” scholarly movement, which has been actively explored in the foreign legal literature in recent decades. An attempt is made to review open academic and empirical sources to identify the relationship between law and cinema, key works and contemporary publications on this topic, as well as the available criticism of research in the field of law and cinema justification. A definition of the scope of the “Law and Cinema” research field in the context of the Russian research field, the subject matter and research methodology are suggested.
Supporting agencies: This article is an output of the Law and Art project implemented at the Faculty of Law at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).
About the Authors
Yu. V. Erokhina
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia V. Erokhina, associate professor at the School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, PhD in Jurisprudence, associate professor
Moscow
N. M. Galkina
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nataliia Galkina, Deputy Director at the Institute of National and Comparative Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, LL.M
Moscow
E. A. Tokhtueva
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elizaveta A. Tokhtueva, MA student
Moscow
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Erokhina Yu.V., Galkina N.M., Tokhtueva E.A. Law and Cinema: An Introduction. Theoretical and Applied Law. 2023;(2):117-125. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2023-2-117-125
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