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popular culture and law  

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  • Popular culture and law exist in a symbiotic relationship. Recently, however, the line between the two realms has been vanishing, which may create a legitimacy crisis for modern, developed legal systems.The Legal Culture ApproachHigh Culture and Low CultureThere is a well-established distinction between high and low culture for matters of taste or aesthetics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Popular Culture and Law]

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