Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Law Lyrics
Author: Law Lyrics
Author: Robert BirdLaw lyrics [by R. Bird].
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Author: Robert Bird (poet.)Lyrics in the Law
Author: Mark W. KlingensmithPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498594875
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
In addition to citing case law, Judges have traditionally used recognized legal maxims or treatise citations to support their rulings. But today’s judiciary is becoming more apt to use pop culture, modern music, as well as humor in their decisions. This book gives examples of how songs and their lyrics have influenced judges, provided themes for their decisions, and helped make existing law more accessible to lay persons. Mark W. Klingensmith examines the clever ways judges have used them to enhance their judicial writings and how modern day musical lyrics that have effectively become recognized legal maxims by the courts. judicial writings.
Law Lyrics
Author: Edward Douglas ArmourPublisher: Canada Law Book
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Rap on Trial
Author: Erik NielsonPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620973413
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Detectives have reopened cold cases on account of rap lyrics and videos alone, and prosecutors have secured convictions by presenting such lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Rap on Trial places this disturbing practice in the context of hip hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip hop and mass incarceration.
Law Lyrics
Author: Robert BirdLyrics
Author: Charles Graham HalpinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Law Journal
Author: Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
Author: Faculty of Procurators in Glascow. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description