Posted on 05/20/2015 3:35:41 PM PDT by CedarDave
The New Mexico Law Review is devoting its entire spring issue to eight contemporary legal issues – as seen through the entertaining but nonetheless very serious lens of a “Breaking Bad” perspective.
Eight articles and essays include analyses of criminal procedure, a hypothetical arrest of Walter White, attorney-client communications, police practices, the war on drugs, and morality and the law.
The Law Review, edited by University of New Mexico School of Law students, is due out Friday. An electronic version already has been posted online at lawschool.unm.edu/nmlr/current-issue.php. The Law Review’s faculty adviser, Professor Dave Sidhu, described the issue as creative and innovative.
Matt Zidovsky, editor-in-chief, said he hopes the articles and essays in the “Breaking Bad” issue will trigger discussions related to the power of media to influence public perception of legal and social issues.
Nearly 50 abstracts were submitted to the Law Review. The editorial team accepted the eight articles included in the issue.
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Yeah! Science, Mr. White!
More dumbing down of our society and ultimately the justice system.
Bodes not well.
Yo,bitch !!!!!!!!
(Just quoting here.)
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They missed an important point. He was dying of cancer and terminally ill. This definitely changes the complexion of criminal proceedings.
Though the titles are humorous, looking through a couple of the articles (with their very numerous court citations) show the legal issues associated with this cops vs. drug crooks TV series are very real, complex and applicable to criminal lawyers and their clients. For example, a warrantless search in NM is limited not only by the US constitution but by stricter provisions of the state constitution. It would be wise to have a lawyer who is aware of the differences and not rely wholly on the Federal Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
These articles, though seemingly attractive and lightweight on the surface, are well written with numerous references. As a teaching tool, they provide students with insight into the nuances of the law and require them to be capable of providing legal advice no matter which side of the law their clients find themselves on.
I know what you mean, but still think I am more right than wrong.
I will have to check with the Princeton Law Review Perry Mason issue of 1963.
What I know about the law I learned from watching endless reruns of "Law and Order" early on Saturday and Sunday mornings!
I learned about the law from Perry Mason. I learning that if you accuse a real slimy person of being guilty of a crime, the accused, on the stand, will invariably admit to the crime and start shouting to the assembled courtroom people why they did it.
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Notice the Obama pillars in Saul Goodman’s office? They go well with the Constitution wallpaper and portholes windows.
Except for the fact that he’s as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, ‘Saul’ (he’s Irish but clients prefer, he believes, a Jewish lawyer) gives pretty good advice, practical, legal and otherwise.
I’m gonna have to buy each seasons episodes and binge watch this on a sick day.....never have I watched this show. Yes I was under a rock.
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