by Céleste Young
<p>A Podcast about TV Shows and Movies and the legal issues they raise. Each episode looks at a legal topic presented in a Movie or TV Show and analyzes it based on the real laws where the episode or movie is set.</p>
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March 24, 2025
Re: Piracy/Captain Phillips (2013) What is Piracy? Who has jurisdiction over the high seas? Sources: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Art. 100-110 (1982). S.S. Lotus (Fr. v. Turk.), 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 10 (Sept. 7). United Nations Security Council. Resolution 1816, S /RES/1816 (2008). Adopted June 2, 2008. U.S. Constitution, Art. III Sec. 2 and Amend. 6. Fed. R. Crim. P. 18 (2024 ed.). Piracy and Privateering, 18 U.S.C. §§1651, 1653 (1948). Jurisdiction and Venue, 18 ...
March 7, 2025
Re: Medical Emancipation/My Sister’s Keeper (2009), Chicago Med (2015-) When can a child exercise control over their own body and medical decisions? Does a child have to fully emancipate themselves from their parents in order to make those medical decisions? Sources: Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979). In re E.G., 549 N.E.2d 322 (Ill. 1989). Smith v. Seibly, 431 P.2d 719 (Wash. 1967). Michelle Davis and Andrea Fang. “Emancipated Minor,” StatPearls. National Library of Me...
February 20, 2025
Re: Chinatown (1974)/Water Rights Why does Los Angeles exist? Where does L.A. get its water? How do water rights work? Sources: County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles, 124 Cal.App.3d 1 (Cal.App. 1981). County of Inyo v. Yorty, 32 Cal.App. 795 (Cal.App. 1973). County of Mono v. City of Los Angeles, 81 Cal.App.5th 65 (Cal.App. 2022). Irwin v. Phillips, 5 Cal. 140 (Cal. 1855). People v. City of Los Angeles, 34 Cal.2d 695 (Cal. 1950). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (...
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