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»L.A. Law is an American legal drama television series created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and 172 episodes from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
The series centers on the partners, associates and staff of a Los Angeles law firm. The show contains many of Bochco's trademark features, including an ensemble cast, large number of parallel story lines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor. It reflects the social and cultural conflicts that were occurring when the show was produced in the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-button issues such as capital punishment, abortion, racism, homophobia, sexual harassment, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflects social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century

II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Brinson, Susan L. TV rape. The representation of rape in prime-time television dramas. Dissertation, University of Missouri at Columbia, 1990.

[Info] Moorti, Sujata. Screening Sexuality: Democratic Sphere and Television Representations of Rape. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maryland at College Park, 1995.

[Info] Moorti, Sujata. Color of Rape: Gender and Race in Television's Public Spheres. Albany 2002.

II. Speaker Index