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The Film Law Abiding Citizen: How Popular Culture Is Poisoning People's Perception Of Pleas, Victoria S. Salzmann
The Film Law Abiding Citizen: How Popular Culture Is Poisoning People's Perception Of Pleas, Victoria S. Salzmann
Victoria S. Salzmann
What would you do if a ruthless killer broke into your home and killed your family right before your eyes, then bargained with the prosecutor to receive only three years punishment in exchange for testifying against his innocent accomplice? Would you accept this chain of events as a just system of punishment, or would you “go rouge” and mete out your own justice, killing the defendants and even the members of the criminal system who encouraged the practice? This scenario is the plot of the blockbuster movie, Law Abiding Citizen, which stars Gerard Butler as the hero/vigilante avenging his family’s …
Honey, You're No June Cleaver: The Power Of "Dropping Pop" To Persuade, Victoria S. Salzmann
Honey, You're No June Cleaver: The Power Of "Dropping Pop" To Persuade, Victoria S. Salzmann
Victoria S. Salzmann
Imagine a contentious child-custody hearing in which the husband is testifying about his wife’s behavior. If he were to state “She is no June Cleaver,” that testimony would have an immediate impact upon those present. Most people would understand that the husband was making a reference to Mrs. Ward Cleaver, the pearl-clad mother figure from the popular 1950s television show Leave it to Beaver. But the reference does more than simply call to mind 1950s television. It is a vivid popular-culture allusion that immediately taps into the psyche of anyone familiar with the show. It tells the listener that the …
Big-Box Bullies Bust Benign Buyer Behavior: Wal-Mart, Get Your Hand Off My Receipt!, Victoria S. Salzmann
Big-Box Bullies Bust Benign Buyer Behavior: Wal-Mart, Get Your Hand Off My Receipt!, Victoria S. Salzmann
Victoria S. Salzmann
This Article is a critical analysis of “big-box” store policies that force consumers to hand over their receipts before they are permitted to leave. I argue that, at least in the tort context, the economic power of retail stores has grown beyond the limiting power of the law. To support this theory, I consider a practice I show to be unlawful under settled tort law—store demands for customer receipts. Considering this illegal practice against other unchecked illegalities performed by the superstores, I theorize that economic power is replacing the law as the personal liberty safeguard.
Why There Should Be Fewer Articles Like This One: Law Professors Should Write More For Legal Decision-Makers And Less For Themselves, David Hricik, Victoria S. Salzmann
Why There Should Be Fewer Articles Like This One: Law Professors Should Write More For Legal Decision-Makers And Less For Themselves, David Hricik, Victoria S. Salzmann
Victoria S. Salzmann
No abstract provided.
Prime-Time Lies: Do Lawyer Portrayals Influence How People Think About The Legal Profession?, Victoria S. Salzmann, Philip T. Dunwoody
Prime-Time Lies: Do Lawyer Portrayals Influence How People Think About The Legal Profession?, Victoria S. Salzmann, Philip T. Dunwoody
Victoria S. Salzmann
No abstract provided.
The Devil Made Me Do It: Legislator Motive And The Establishment Clause, Scott Breedlove, Victoria S. Salzmann
The Devil Made Me Do It: Legislator Motive And The Establishment Clause, Scott Breedlove, Victoria S. Salzmann
Victoria S. Salzmann
No abstract provided.