Measuring humanity : rights in the 24th century /Lief H. Carter and Michael McCann -Television, pleasure, and the empire of force : interrogating law and affect in Deadwood /Rebecca Johnson -Making "bad apples" on The bridge : a production study of the making of a police drama /Anita Lam -Testing television : studying and understanding the impact of television's depictions of law and justice /Kimberlianne Podlas -Let's see how far we've come : the role of empirical methodology in exploring television audiences /Cassandra Sharp -Dark justice : women legal actors on basic cable /Taunya Lovell Banks -A third rapist? : Television portrayals of rape evidence rules /Paul Bergman -Prosecutors and psychics on air : does a "psychic detective effect" exist? /Christine A. Corcos -Lawyers in terrorism thrillers /Tung Yin -Til debt do us part : reality TV and the Financial Literacy Regulatory Project /Freya Kodar -Judging reality television judges /Nancy S. Marder -Television judges in Germany /Stefan Machura -Judge Judy : constructions of "justice with an attitude" /Marilyn Terzic -Reality TV and the entrapment of predators /Mark Tunick -Bordering on identity : how English Canadian television differentiates American and Canadian styles of justice /Ummni Khan -Television divorce in post-Franco Spain : Anillos de oro (Wedding rings) /Anja Louis -"McNutty" on the small screen " : improvised legality and the Irish-American cop in HBO's The wire /Sara Ramshaw -Torture and contempt of law in "24" : selling America new "patriotic" values /Ryan J. Thomas and Susan Dente Ross -Decoding the dark passenger : the serial killer as a force for justice : adapting Jeff Lindsay's Dexter for the small screen /Angus Nurse -Canada : ADR and The associates /Jennifer L. Schulz -Stranger danger? : Sadistic serial killers on the small screen /Annette Houlihan. This is a wide-ranging collection of essays about law in and on television. In light of the book's innovative taxonomy of the field and its international reach, it will make a novel contribution to the scholarly literature about law and popular culture.