CAL Flix: Student View-ins
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The Law in These Parts (2011)

Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
» More on the film at PBS.org and nytimes.com

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Things to think about:
» Jurisdiction    Rule(s) of Law(s)    Role of Law/Lawyer    Myth     Law and/vs Order    Self-government    Equality    Citizenship    Outlaw    Freedom of speech/press    Constitutional Law    Criminal Law
Things to flip through [spoiler alert]:
» Grantham, "Embracing Jurisdiction: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"; Ryan, "Print the Legend: Violence and Recognition in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"; Livingstone, "Spiritedness, Reason and the Founding of Law and Order"; and...The New Yorker's Richard Brody (video)

Into the Abyss (2011)

N.Y. Times Review; on the "lighter" side of Werner Herzog:
» Herzog on Letterman, on Klaus Kinski; trailer for My Best Fiend (Herzog's film about Kinski) & for Aguirre: Wrath of God (one of Herzog's movies with Kinski, and the source of the Letterman anecdote)

Billy Budd (1962)

Just a few of the four million law-y things on Billy Budd (the novella) to flip through, or not:
» Solove, "Melville's Billy Budd and Security in Times of Crisis"; Dolin, "Sanctioned Irregularities: Martial Law in Billy Budd"; (Richard) Weisberg vs. (Richard) Posner (1988)

NCR (2013)

» DoJ: Backgrounder
» Canadian Mental Health Association: With the Right Amendments, the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act Can Support All

M (Fritz Lang, 1931)

Fritz Lang:
» My Film M: A Factual Report
German Criminal Code (1871) (English translation) (more resources):
» § 51 RStGB: Insanity
German Criminal Code (current) (English translation):
» § 20 StGB: Insanity
Canadian Criminal Code (1892) (more resources):
» § 11 (Insanity)
Canadian Criminal Code (current):
» § 16 (Insanity)