TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Lawrence M. TI - The big trial: law as public spectacle SN - 9780700620777 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF220 .F75 2015 U1 - 347.73/709 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lawrence, Kansas PB - University Press of Kansas KW - Trials KW - United States KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-210) and index; Law and its audience -- Open to the public : the headline trial -- Political trials -- Corruption and fraud -- Was justice done? -- Tabloid trials -- Celebrity trials -- Mystery and identity -- The worm in the bud -- The reason why -- Who are we : identity and the headline trial -- Enter the media -- Instant celebrity -- A concluding word ER -