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8->''"[W]e should never lose sight of the fact that even a person accused of the most heinous crimes, and no matter the likelihood that he or she actually committed those crimes, is entitled to the full protection of the [law]. Short-cutting or short-circuiting those rights affects not only the accused, but also the entire reputation of the criminal justice system."''
9-->-- '''Decision of the Canadian Supreme Court''' in ''R. v. Burlingham'', [1995] 2 S.C.R. 206.
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11Watch the lawyers do their thing. Also commonly known as a Courtroom Drama, this is a work of dramatic fiction principally about litigation: be it civil or criminal cases, with the latter being more common because it often makes for better drama [[note]]Courtroom time tends to be pretty boring in a civil case, either talking about points of law that don't make sense to anyone who hasn't been to law school, mind-numbingly obscure testimony from experts, or offcourt bargaining/paperwork where the parties just agree to sign documents to get over it. Criminal law on the other hand is about crime and punishment, which anyone can easily understand and involves high-stakes that can make or break people's lives, which is actually fairly riveting to watch.[[/note]]. A military courtroom drama is one of the most common subgenres.
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13Most crime dramas focus on criminal investigations done by law enforcement officers (in the form of either a CopShow or a PoliceProcedural) and does not often extend to anything happening in a courtroom. In such works where courtroom drama only lasts a single or a few episodes only, it's a CourtroomEpisode.
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15If you're looking for works about people who ''make'' the law, see GovernmentProcedural.
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17CourtroomAntics are to be expected. Also see TheCourtroomIndex for a list of common tropes.
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19!!Index of law procedural works:
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29[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
30* ''Anime/WizardBarristers'': LawProcedural meets UrbanFantasy.
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33[[folder:Comic Books]]
34* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': The titular protagonist is a lawyer, so scenes when he's not doing his superheroics have him do his day job.
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37[[folder:Fan Works]]
38* ''FanFic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague'' is about Queen Chrysalis facing an ICC war crimes tribunal, and the legal and social implications thereof.
39* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', a major ''Franchise/AceAttorney''/''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' CrossOver.
40* ''WebAnimation/ElementsOfJustice'' is a RecursiveFanfiction sequel to ''Turnabout Storm''.
41* ''[[FanFic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries Vinyl and Octavia Duel Destiny]]'' is this, as it's mostly a homage to ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
42* The Loud House fanfic ''No Happy Ending'' is about Rita and Lynn Sr. facing child neglect charges over the No Such Luck incident.
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45[[folder:Film]]
46[-(adaptations or original works)-]
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48* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' The jury deliberation is the only focus on the film/play.
49* ''Film/AnatomyOfAMurder''
50* ''Film/AndJusticeForAll''
51* ''Film/BlindFaith''
52* ''Film/Boomerang1947''
53* ''Literature/ACivilAction''
54* ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny''
55* ''Film/TheCaineMutinyCourtMartial''
56* ''Film/{{Chicago}}'', in part, as it covers Roxy Hart's trial for the murder of her lover in a crime of passion.
57* ''Film/TheClient''
58* ''Compulsion'', A 1959 film with Orson Welles, based on the Leopold and Loeb murder trial.
59* ''Film/TheCrimeIsMine''
60* ''Film/DarkWaters''
61* ''Film/DayOfDefense''
62* ''Film/{{Denial}}'', A 2016 film about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_v_Penguin_Books_Ltd a libel suit between American Holocaust specialist Deborah Lipstadt (and her publisher) and British Holocaust denier David Irving]].
63* ''Film/AFewGoodMen''
64* ''Film/Fracture2007''
65* ''Film/GettTheTrialOfVivianeAmsalem''
66* ''Film/IAmSam''
67* ''Theatre/InheritTheWind''
68* ''Film/InTheFade'': Much of the film involves André and Edda Möller's trial for murdering Katja's family.
69* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheFather''
70* ''Film/{{JFK}}''
71* ''Film/TheJudge''
72* ''Film/JudgmentInBerlin''
73* ''Film/JudgmentAtNuremberg''
74* ''Film/JustMercy''
75* ''Film/KramerVsKramer''
76* ''Film/{{Libel}}''
77* ''Film/{{M}}'', featuring not a legal courtroom but the criminal underworld equivalent.
78* ''Film/MarriageStory''
79* ''Film/{{Marshall}}'', a true story about Thurgood Marshall's time as a defense attorney, and specifically about a case where he defended a Black chauffeur accused of sexually assaulting his employer.
80* ''Film/OfficialSecrets''
81* ''Film/TheParadineCase''
82* ''Film/ThePassionOfJoanOfArc''
83* ''Film/PathsOfGlory''
84* ''Film/ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt''
85* ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}''
86* ''Film/PresumedInnocent''
87* ''Film/TheRainmaker''
88* ''Film/ReversalOfFortune''
89* ''Film/RunawayJury''
90* ''Film/TheSevenMinutes''
91* ''Film/SnowFallingOnCedars''
92* ''Film/TheTatteredDress''
93* ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird''
94* ''Film/TheTrial'' a 1962 film by Creator/OrsonWelles, based on the novel by Creator/FranzKafka.
95* ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7''
96* ''Film/TrueBeliever''
97* ''Film/TheTruth1960''
98* ''Film/TheVerdict''
99* ''Film/TheWinslowBoy''
100* ''Film/WitnessForTheProsecution''. Creator/BillyWilder's adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie.
101* ''Film/TheWrongMan''
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106* ''Literature/{{Babylon|2015}}'' has Japanese public prosecutors as the main characters investigating a pharmaceutical company for rigging fake test results from a university.
107* ''Literature/ChristopherPaget'' and its spinoffs have a few
108%%* ''The Associate'' and ''Rogue Lawyer'' are legal thrillers by Creator/JohnGrisham.
109* ''Literature/TheKingOfTorts'' is a legal thriller by Creator/JohnGrisham about a series of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies.
110* ''Literature/MickeyHaller'' series
111** ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer'' (2005)
112** ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict'' (2008)
113** ''Literature/TheReversal'' (2010)
114** ''Literature/TheFifthWitness'' (2011)
115** ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'' (2013)
116** ''Literature/TheLawOfInnocence'' (2020)
117* ''Literature/MiracleCreek''
118* ''Literature/NjalsSaga'', a saga of a lawyer in medieval Iceland. Possibly the UrExample.
119* ''Literature/SavingMax''
120* ''Literature/SnowFallingOnCedars'' is a legal thriller by David Guterson.
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124* ''Spisi i ljudi'' (''Documents and people'') by Serbian lawyer and academic Tibor Varadi is a somewhat fictionalized account of the legal cases from his family archive, spanning from 1893 until today.
125* ''Storming the Court: How a Band of Yale Law Students Sued the President--And Won'' by Brandt Goldstein.
126* ''Verbrechen'' (''Crime'') by German lawyer Friedrich von Schirach. Although he stated that the cases presented were fictionalized accounts of his actual cases, those were later debunked.
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130[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
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133* ''Series/AllyMcBeal''
134* ''Series/AllRise''
135* ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory''
136** ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson''
137** ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace''
138** ''Series/{{Impeachment}}''
139* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' (the first two seasons, plus a GenreThrowback in the fourth)
140* ''Series/BetterCallSaul''
141* ''Series/{{Billions}}''
142* ''Series/BluffCityLaw''
143* ''Series/BostonLegal''
144* ''Series/{{Bull}}''
145* ''Series/BurdenOfTruth''
146* ''Series/CenturyCity'', court cases from the future
147* ''Series/ChicagoJustice''
148* ''Series/{{Conviction}}''
149* ''Series/Conviction2016''
150* ''Series/{{Crownies}}''
151* ''Series/{{Damages}}'', though it has virtually no scenes in actual courtrooms
152* ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
153* ''Series/TheDefenders1961''
154* ''Series/TheDefenders2010''
155* ''Series/TheDeepEnd''
156* ''Series/TheDevilJudge''
157* ''Series/{{Doubt}}''
158* ''Series/EqualJustice''
159* ''Series/ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo''
160* ''Series/FairlyLegal''
161* ''Series/FamilyLaw''
162* ''Series/FamilyLaw2021''
163* ''Series/TheFirm''
164* ''Series/FirstMonday''
165* ''Series/ForThePeople''
166* ''Series/FranklinAndBash''
167* ''Series/GarrowsLaw''
168* ''Series/TheGoodWife''
169** ''Series/TheGoodFight''
170* ''Series/TheGrinder''
171* ''Series/HarrysLaw''
172* ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder''
173* ''Series/{{JAG}}''
174* The Australian series ''Series/{{Janus}}''.
175* ''Series/JudgeJohnDeed''
176* ''Series/JudgingAmy''
177* ''Series/JustCause''
178* ''Series/{{Justice}}''
179* ''Series/Kingdom2007''
180* ''Series/LALaw''
181* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
182** The second half of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (See PoliceProcedural for the first half)
183** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (especially in seasons where there is an A.D.A. main character)
184** ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''
185** ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''
186** ''Series/LawAndOrderLA''
187* ''Series/LegalVExLawyerShokoTakanashi''
188* ''Series/TheLyonsDen''
189* ''Series/MadeInJersey''
190* ''Series/{{Matlock}}''
191* ''Series/MurderOne''
192* ''Series/TheNightOf'' covers PoliceProcedural as well as jail and law procedural.
193* ''Series/{{Nuremberg}}''
194* ''Series/Outlaw2010''
195* ''Series/PartnersForJustice''
196* ''Series/ThePractice''
197* ''Franchise/PerryMason''. 80 novels. Ur-example and TropeCodifier in Television.
198* ''Series/{{Petrocelli}}''
199* ''Series/RaisingTheBar''
200* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey''
201* ''Literature/SadCypress'' . An Creator/AgathaChristie novel adapted for Radio and Television.
202* ''Series/{{Shark}}''
203* ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'': Mixed with the superhero genre and a {{Sitcom}}.
204* ''Series/ShotsFired'', some partial involvement of a prosecutor investing potential shooting motivated by race.
205* ''Series/{{Silk}}''
206* ''Series/StreetLegal''
207* ''Series/{{Suits}}'', which is fairly unique in that a) it's about corporate lawyers and civil suits and b) the characters have a stated desire to ''avoid'' the courtroom at all costs.
208* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''
209* ''Series/TheWholeTruth''
210* ''Series/TheWire'' Occasionally, with emphasis on the police-attorneys collaboration.
211* ''Series/ThisIsWonderland''
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214[[folder:Theatre]]
215* ''Theatre/TheAndersonvilleTrial''
216* ''Theatre/TheBrokenJug'' (Der zerbrochne Krug) by Heinrich von Kleist. The central element is a trial in a rural court.
217* ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'', in part, as it cover's Roxy Hart's trial for the murder of her lover in a crime of passion.
218* ''Theatre/AManForAllSeasons'', and its film adaptation.
219* ''Theatre/{{Parade|1998}}'', a Broadway musical set around the murder trial of an innocent man.
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222[[folder:Video Games / Visual Novels]]
223* ''Franchise/AceAttorney''
224* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''
225* ''VisualNovel/AcquittalInduction''
226* ''VideoGame/AHatInCrime''
227* ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney''
228* ''VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
229* ''VideoGame/InThe1stDegree''
230* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode''
231* ''VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020''
232* ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane''
233* ''VideoGame/WeTheRevolution''
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236[[folder:Webcomics]]
237* ''Webcomic/SupernaturalLaw'', which [[GenreMashup combines]] this genre with UrbanFantasy.
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240[[folder:Web Videos]]
241* ''WebVideo/TheTrialOfTimHeidecker''
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244[[folder:Western Animation]]
245* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
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