Law and Cinema: An Introduction

Authors

  • Yu. V. Erokhina National Research University Higher School of Economics Автор
  • N.M. Galkina National Research University Higher School of Economics Автор
  • E.A. Tokhtueva National Research University Higher School of Economics Автор

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2023-2-117-125

Keywords:

law, cinema, interdisciplinarity, law and art

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 eld of law and cinema justi cation. A de nition of the scope of the “Law and Cinema” research eld in the context of the Russian research eld, the subject matter and research methodology are suggested.

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Статья подготовлена в рамках проекта «Право и искусство», реализуемого на факультете права Национального исследователь- ского университета «Высшая школа экономики».

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Author Biographies

  • Yu. V. Erokhina, National Research University Higher School of Economics

    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

    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

    Elizaveta A. Tokhtueva, MA student

    Moscow

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2023-03-15

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Erokhina Y.V., Galkina N., Tokhtueva E. Law and Cinema: An Introduction // Theoretical and Applied Jurisprudence. 2023. no. 2. P. 117–125. https://doi.org/10.22394/2686-7834-2023-2-117-125