ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
A Podcast about TV Shows and Movies and the legal issues they raise. Each episode looks at a legal topic presented in a Movie or TV Show and analyzes it based on the real laws where the episode or movie is set.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 36 days
Average audio length:
38 minutes
English
United States
18 episodes
since Feb. 19, 2023
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Re: Piracy/Captain Phillips (2013)
What is Piracy? Who has jurisdiction over the high seas?
Sources:
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Art. 100-110 (1982).
S.S. Lotus (Fr. v. Turk.), 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 10 (Sept. 7).
United Nations Security Council. Resolution 1816, S /RES/181…
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Re: Medical Emancipation/My Sister’s Keeper (2009), Chicago Med (2015-)
When can a child exercise control over their own body and medical decisions? Does a child have to fully emancipate themselves from their parents in order to make those medical decisions?
Sources:
Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. …
Re: Chinatown (1974)/Water Rights
Why does Los Angeles exist? Where does L.A. get its water? How do water rights work?
Sources:
County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles, 124 Cal.App.3d 1 (Cal.App. 1981).
County of Inyo v. Yorty, 32 Cal.App. 795 (Cal.App. 1973).
County of Mono v. City of Los Angeles,…
Re: RICO Act/Sons of Anarchy (2008)
What is RICO? What does it stand for? How is it used?
Sources:
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (2023 Edition).
18 U.S.C. §§ 932 (Straw Purchasing of Firearms), 933 (Trafficking in Firearms), 2339B. (Providing mat…
Re: The Lake (2022)/Trusts and Estates
What is a trust? Why would someone use a trust to transfer property? Can you inherit less than a complete interest in real property? If you do have a less than absolute interest does that put limits on what you can do with the property?
Sources:
Conveyanci…
Re: Life Insurance, Accident Policies/ Double Indemnity (1944)
What is a double indemnity clause? When can an insurance company deny a life insurance claim?
Sources:
Diamond v. New York Life Ins. Co., 286 N.Y.S. 625 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1936).
Funk v. New York Life Ins. Co., 60 N.Y.S.2d 349 (N.Y. Sup. C…
Re: Double Jeopardy/Double Jeopardy (1999)
Can someone be charged for the same crime twice? Can they be charged with the same crime in multiple places? Is murder not always a crime?
Sources:
U.S. Constitution, Amend. 5, 10, 14.
Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969).
Blockburger v. U.S., 284 …
Re: Insanity Defense/The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do it (2021), The Devil on Trial (2023)
What is an insanity plea and is it a get out of jail free card? Can someone be acquitted of a crime due to demonic possession?
Sources:
Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. § 17(a) (1984).
Fed…
Re: Emancipation of Minors/Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001), Roswell (1999), Gossip Girl (2007), New Amsterdam (2018)
What is legal emancipation? Can anyone under the age of 18 be legally emancipated? Is it as easy to be emancipated as they show on TV?
TV Episodes:
Degrassi: The Next Gene…
Re: The Sandlot (1993), Bridge to Terabithia (2007)/Premises Liability, Attractive Nuisance
Sources:
CA Civil Code §§ 846, 1714, 3342-3342.5.
Adams v. Bullock, 125 N.E. 93 (N.Y. 1919).
Dennis v. Odend'Hal-Monks Corp., 182 Va. 77 (1943).
Haywood v. South Hill Co., 142 Va. 761 (1925).
Martinez…
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