Described by Richard Sherwin of New York Law School as the law and film movement's 'founding text, ' this is the second edition of the original Film and the Law (Cavendish Publishing, 2001). Heavily revised and improved, it is unique as a sustained book-length exposition on law and film by law scholars, and it is distinctive within law and film scholarship in its attempt to plot the parameters of a distinctive genre of law films. Its examination of the subject of law in film, as place and space, offers a new way out of the law film genre problem. Film and the Law also examines representations...

This book examines the contractual relationships of creative artists within a number of areas of the entertainment industry. Whilst it focuses specifically on football, cricket, boxing and music, developments within other parts of the entertainment business are observed. The book also charts the concessions (artistic, professional and personal) that are often made by such artists in an attempt to achieve success and the consequent legal problems that may arise from their working relationships. Embracing historical materials and current legal practices, Contract and Control in the...

This book examines the contractual relationships of creative artists within a number of areas of the entertainment industry. Whilst it focuses specifically on football, cricket, boxing and music, developments within other parts of the entertainment business are observed. The book also charts the concessions (artistic, professional and personal) that are often made by such artists in an attempt to achieve success and the consequent legal problems that may arise from their working relationships. Embracing historical materials and current legal practices, Contract and Control in the...