Polish Contemporary Legal System in Court Shows and Courtroom Dramas

Abstract

Human creativity taking form of music, fashion or sports has always been present in everyday life; it can be commonly accepted (mainstream) or be a minuscule phenomenon (subcultures, countercultures). The mainstream culture is usually called the popular culture. Pop culture is heavily influenced by mass media, in the 21st century that mostly being television, cinema and the Internet. The effect is a media culture that shapes opinions, tastes and values of many (if not majority of ) people. Media culture is a culture of image. Sometimes the subject of this image is law. Popular culture can use different means to present legal problems, one of the most known is film. Aspects of law in the movies are widely researched within other countries and are the subject of a rapidly developing interdisciplinary scientific field: Law–and-Film1.