Synopsis
A look at how novels like 'To Kill A Mockingbird' directly intervened in debates about desegregation and constitutional equality in early 1960s America.
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Unreliable Evidence | Courtroom Drama
Guests Helena Kennedy QC, appeal court judge Sir Alan Moses, German judge Ruth Herz and former barrister and co-creator of Garrow's Law, Mark Pallis, reflect on 50 years of fictional courtroom dramas - from To Kill a Mockingbird to Silk, and ask if lawyers can learn things from the actors who portray them.
To Kill a Mockingbird at 50
Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of the book, to see how life there has changed in half a century.