JAG’s “The People V Secnav” (Season 9, Episode 14): Depiction Of International Criminal Jurisdiction In A 21st Century US Legal Drama
- IJLLR Journal
- Jan 23, 2024
- 1 min read
Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg (France)
ABSTRACT:
“Justice must be done but it must be seen to be done”: following this legal maxima, this article aims to provide an analysis of the depiction of a international criminal jurisdiction (the International Criminal Court) in a 21st Century US TV legal drama (JAG). This depiction is also analysed through the lens of the then-US international policy, in the frame of its “War against Terror”.

