Feb 27 2025 25 mins
Fictional legal shows are just fiction. Right? Let’s dive into the world of legal dramas and analyze three stories from the shows Suits and The Good Wife and the 1996 movie, Primal Fear. Together we will apply real legal principles, like contract law and the comparative negligence standard, to the fictional cases. Please note there are spoilers for the shows and movie!
Research & Sources:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K2-1116.htm
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1981/52875-5.html
https://casetext.com/case/poole-v-city-of-rolling-meadows-1
https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/blog/the-principles-of-contract-law/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oral-contract.asp
https://lawlibrarycollections.umn.edu/classic-cases-criminal-mnaghten-rule
“Break Point.” Suits. Created by Aaron Korsh, Season 2, Episode 5, Universal Cable Productions, July 19, 2012.
“Painkiller.” The Good Wife. Created by Robert King and Michelle King, Season 1, Episode 12, Scott Free Productions, January 12, 2010.
Hoblit, G. (1996). Primal Fear. Rysher Entertainment.
Research & Sources:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/073500050K2-1116.htm
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1981/52875-5.html
https://casetext.com/case/poole-v-city-of-rolling-meadows-1
https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/blog/the-principles-of-contract-law/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oral-contract.asp
https://lawlibrarycollections.umn.edu/classic-cases-criminal-mnaghten-rule
“Break Point.” Suits. Created by Aaron Korsh, Season 2, Episode 5, Universal Cable Productions, July 19, 2012.
“Painkiller.” The Good Wife. Created by Robert King and Michelle King, Season 1, Episode 12, Scott Free Productions, January 12, 2010.
Hoblit, G. (1996). Primal Fear. Rysher Entertainment.