The Justice of Jurisdiction: The Policing and Breaching of Boundaries in Orson Welles's Touch of Evil

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Research Article| September 01 2010 The Justice of Jurisdiction: The Policing and Breaching of Boundaries in Orson Welles's Touch of Evil Austin Sarat; Austin Sarat Amherst College adsarat@amherst.edu Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College and Justice Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Scholar at the School of Law, University of Alabama. He is the author or editor of more than 70 books. He is currently writing a book titled Hollywood's Law: Film, Fatherhood, and the Legal Imagination. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Martha Merrill Umphrey Martha Merrill Umphrey Amherst College mmumphrey@amherst.edu Martha Merrill Umphrey is professor of law, jurisprudence, and social thought at Amherst College. Her research sits generally at the intersection of law, culture, and American studies in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google English Language Notes (2010) 48 (2): 111–128. https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-48.2.111 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Austin Sarat, Martha Merrill Umphrey; The Justice of Jurisdiction: The Policing and Breaching of Boundaries in Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. English Language Notes 1 September 2010; 48 (2): 111–128. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-48.2.111 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsEnglish Language Notes Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2010 Regents of the University of Colorado2010 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.