Law's Agent: Cultivated Citizen or Popular Savage? The Crash of the Moral Mirror

Melanie Williams

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272235.003.0013

Law's Agent: Cultivated Citizen or Popular Savage? The Crash of the Moral Mirror

Melanie Williams^*

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Aberystwyth Law School

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This chapter examines J. G. Ballard's novel Crash and film of the same title. It explains that this examination is conducted in relation to the influence of popular culture on the legal system. It highlights the result of a study which surveyed the film's reception and its links to social and legal debates regarding censorship which was published in the book The Crash Controversy: Censorship Campaigns and Film Reception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Law and Popular Culture
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191699603
ISBN (Print)	9780199272235
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272235.003.0013
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2012

Keywords

Censorship
Crash
Fiction
J. G. Ballard
Legal debates
Legal system
Popular culture

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