Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity

Peter Robson is solicitor and judge in the Courts and Tribunals service dealing with disability issues and is professor of social welfare law at the University of Strathclyde.Jennifer L. Schulz is associate professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, and fellow of the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto.

• Chapter 1Introduction: Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity on TV in ContextPeter Robson and Jennifer L. SchulzChapter 2Brazil: Dramas of Televisual JusticePedro Fortes and Germano Schwartz Chapter 3Britain: The Justice System on TVPeter RobsonChapter 4Canada: Women, People of Colour & Diversity on Top Law ShowsJennifer L. SchulzChapter 5Germany: Diversity on its WayFranziska StürmerChapter 6Greece: TV Crime Dramas and Some Reflections on Gender and RaceNickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos, and Olga DerziotiChapter 7Poland: Polish Productions about Polish ProblemsZofia ZawadzkaChapter 8Switzerland: Diversity as a Means of SeductionLukas Musumeci and Fabian OdermattChapter 9United States: Some Representations of Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity on Law-Related TV SeriesChristine A. CorcosAppendixAlphabetical Summary of Television Shows

This is an unusually important book. Because of its focus on diversity and its comparative/cross cultural perspective, it makes a distinguished contribution to scholarship on law and popular culture. I know of no other book like it.