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LAW & ORDER LEGACY

ABA journal, 2021-08, Vol.107 (4), p.34-43

Copyright American Bar Association Aug/Sep 2021 ;ISSN: 0747-0088 ;EISSN: 2162-7983

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  • Title:
    LAW & ORDER LEGACY
  • Author: Li, Victor
  • Subjects: Attorneys ; Criminal investigations ; District attorneys ; Drama ; Law schools ; Writers
  • Is Part Of: ABA journal, 2021-08, Vol.107 (4), p.34-43
  • Description: [...]Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf has spawned his own universe, taking up two entire nights of prime-time programming on NBC with Chicago Wednesdays (Chicago P.D., Chicago Med and Chicago Fire), and starting in the fall, Law & Order Thursdays (SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime and the debuting Law & Order: For the Defense, a new series announced in May that will focus on a criminal defense firm). According to Elayne Rapping's 2003 book, Law and Justice as Seen on TV, there were exceptions, notably Matlock, the spiritual successor to Perry Mason starring well-known TV actor Andy Griffith, and Steven Bochco's L.A. Law, a "ripped-from-the-headlines" show that focused on current events but from the vantage point of a glitzy corporate firm with attractive lawyers whose personal lives were an integral part of the show. According to the New York Times, this was done so the show could be easily split in two and aired in syndication, which favored half-hour shows at the time. [...]on Perry Mason, law enforcement was so incompetent-one of the main prosecutors was even named Hamilton Burger (as in "hamburger") because "Mason made mincemeat out of him every week," Epstein says-that the titular character had to act as both investigator and defense counsel.
  • Publisher: Chicago: American Bar Association
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0747-0088
    EISSN: 2162-7983
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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