1 | ->'''Judge:''' Bailiff! Call the next case.\ |
2 | '''Bailiff:''' ''in re '''An index of tropes relating to law, lawyers, and courtrooms.'''''\ |
3 | '''Judge:''' Order in the Court. What are the specified charges, er, I mean tropes? |
4 | ---- |
5 | [[index]] |
6 | !!Tropes (media about law) |
7 | [floatboxright: |
8 | '''Genres''' |
9 | + LawProcedural |
10 | |
11 | '''Subcategory''' |
12 | + ArtisticLicenseLaw |
13 | |
14 | '''UsefulNotes''' |
15 | + UsefulNotes/TheCommonLaw |
16 | + UsefulNotes/CourtSystems |
17 | + UsefulNotes/StayingOutOfLegalTrouble |
18 | + UsefulNotes/ThreeDegreesOfMurder |
19 | + UsefulNotes/TortReform |
20 | ] |
21 | * AdoptionConflict: A courtroom battle over who's really the family of a child (usually the biological family versus the adopted family). |
22 | * AmbulanceChaser: A lawyer exaggerates their client's injuries to get more in compensation. |
23 | * AmoralAttorney: An attorney whose practices make it easy to call them evil. |
24 | ** EvilLawyerJoke: The work or characters within it joke about lawyers being evil. |
25 | * ArmyOfLawyers: Group of lawyers (or "legal team", alternatively) used as an intimidation tactic. |
26 | * BackfireOnTheWitnessStand: A witness is called to the stand, but their testimony ends up harming rather than helping the side that called them in. |
27 | * BailEqualsFreedom: When a work treats paying bail as a one-time fine for freedom, even though that's not how it works in RealLife. |
28 | * BlackCapOfDeath: A judge puts on a black cap to let all those present know that the death penalty has already been decided and will soon be passed. |
29 | * BlindJustice: Someone who works for justice and law is also blind. |
30 | * ChewbaccaDefense: Using something besides logic and reason to win a case. Can cross over into InsaneTrollLogic. |
31 | * CircuitJudge: A judge who moves from place to place within a territory. |
32 | * CommonNonsenseJury: A wrong verdict is passed not because of ill intent, unfair rules, etc. The jury's just plain stupid. |
33 | * ComputerizedJudicialSystem: A justice system that relies almost entirely on computers. |
34 | * CourtMartialed: Soldiers (or anyone else living under military rule) break the law and/or get out of hand. Thus, they have to answer for it in military court. |
35 | * CourtroomAntics: A court proceeding ends up being wacky instead of serious. |
36 | * CourtroomEpisode: An episode that focuses on a court case. |
37 | * CrusadingLawyer: A lawyer who cares more about doing what's right, protecting the weak, and giving a fair trial than money. |
38 | * CustodyBattle: Conflict ensues when a couple gets divorced and can't agree who should get custody of the children. |
39 | * DecoyTrial: A trial falsely accusing someone in hopes that the true guilty party will come out. |
40 | * DisneyOwnsThisTrope: When a company has ownership of something so specific or unexpected that it can make one ask, "Really? They own that?" |
41 | * DivorceAssetsConflict: Two characters decide to get a divorce, but deciding who gets what part of the property is a big hassle. |
42 | * EmancipatedChild: A child legally disowns themselves from their own parents. |
43 | * FantasticLegalWeirdness: The presence of the supernatural interacts pretty weirdly with legal processes. |
44 | * AFoolForAClient: A character decides to represent himself/herself in court. |
45 | * FrivolousLawsuit: A lawsuit based on a pretty flimsy reason. |
46 | * GoodLawyersGoodClients: If a client is good, then the lawyer must be as well, and vice-versa. |
47 | * GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty: The primary suspect is assumed guilty until the true culprit is revealed. |
48 | * HangingJudge: A judge who is so ruthless that everyone in the court fears him. If this judge is giving your sentence, expect it to be horrifying no matter what crime you've committed. |
49 | * HelloAttorney: An attorney who provides a good bit of {{Fanservice}}. |
50 | * HilaritySues: The hero saves the day or the villain wins...and then they're brought into court. |
51 | * HollywoodLaw: Any case in which the RealLife workings and proceedings for law and justice are changed for dramatic purpose. |
52 | * HumanityOnTrial: The ''entire human race'' is put on trial, usually represented by one person or a small group of people. |
53 | * InconvenientlyVanishingExoneratingEvidence: Evidence that could have cleared someone of a charge disappears from the crime scene. |
54 | * InsanityDefense: Character(s) uses the defense that they're insane in hopes of evading a death penalty. |
55 | * JokerJury: A hero is brought into court. Problem being, the judge and jurers are their worst enemy (or enemies, even.) |
56 | * JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: A single group or even one person is given all the authority when it comes to justice. |
57 | * JudicialWig: The long, white, curly wig worn by a judge. |
58 | * JuryDuty: An episode/arc about a character serving jury duty or doing their best to get out of it. |
59 | ** JuryAndWitnessTampering: The jury or witness is bribed or threatened into changing their testimony/decision. |
60 | ** RogueJuror: One juror's opinion goes against the others', and it's up to them to change their minds. |
61 | * JuryOfTheDamned: The accused is granted a trial with a jury, but said jury is composed of untrustworthy or even malicious people. |
62 | * KangarooCourt: A trial with no due process, fairness, or even order, wherein the accused has absolutely no chance of ''trying'', let alone winning, because their verdict has already been decided; the trial is just a show, and its only purpose is to legally declare that there was a trial. |
63 | * TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay: A law firm with silly, funny names. |
64 | * LongerThanLifeSentence: The accused is given a sentence longer than they could possibly live. [[note]]This is TruthInTelevision to some degree, as those guilty of multiple crimes can have their sentences stacked up.[[/note]] |
65 | * MakeTheDogTestify: A witness that is unconventional or just plain bizarre. |
66 | * MiscarriageOfJustice: Any case where an innocent person is found guilty (or a guilty person is found innocent). |
67 | * NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork: A situation where not filling out proper paperwork may lead to situations like dismissal or disqualification from a judicial situation. |
68 | * NotablyQuickDeliberation: The jury comes to their decision ''very'' quickly, for any reason. |
69 | * NotaryNonsense: Notaries and notarization depicted unrealistically in fiction, in ways that would either have no bearing in court or be outright detrimental to any case. |
70 | * OccultLawFirm: A law firm that defends the occult or supernatural beings. |
71 | * OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: In fiction, if you have a law degree, you can represent in any trial for any crime. |
72 | * OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: When someone asking for a lawyer is treated as a sure sign of a guilty conscience. |
73 | * PenultimateOutburst: Someone in a courtroom causes so much disruption that the judge warns them one more time, or else. |
74 | * PersecutingProsecutor: A prosecutor who will do anything and everything to win their case. |
75 | * ScalesOfJustice: The literal or metaphorical image of scales in a court. |
76 | * SentencedWithoutTrial: Someone is condemned for a crime without receiving a trial, despite being specifically entitled to one by whatever legal system exists in the setting. |
77 | * SimpleCountryLawyer: A lawyer from the country who may not be rich or expensive to hire, but tries to win over the jury with their charm and appeal. |
78 | * SpousalPrivilege: Married characters have certain privileges in court, such as being free to ''not'' testify for or against their spouse. |
79 | * StatuteOfLimitations: After a certain time, a character cannot be convicted of a crime. |
80 | * StockLegalPhrases: You know, the phrases that seem to pop up in ''every'' fictional trial. "Stop badgering the witness!" "Has the jury reached a verdict?" etc. |
81 | * SternOldJudge: The archetypical no-nonsense, venerable judge. |
82 | * StreisandEffect: When attempting to use legal action to hide something minor backfires and makes it far more visible than it would have been otherwise. |
83 | * ThatWasObjectionable: A lawyer objects in a trial, except they have no reason to. |
84 | * ThereIsNoHigherCourt |
85 | * ThereShouldBeALaw: It's technically not illegal, but it grosses or angers a character so much that they verbally wish that there was a law against it. |
86 | * TrialByCombat: When two parties have to settle their legal dispute by violently fighting in a duel. |
87 | * TrialByOrdeal: When the defendant's guilt or innocence is determined by being forced into a dangerous life-or-death situation. |
88 | * TrialOfTheMysticalJury: The hero has been captured and forced into a trial, but his captors/jurors are not villains. Most likely, they have committed a crime they were not aware existed where they are. |
89 | * TheTroubleWithTickets: A character is dealt a traffic ticket and fights teeth and nail against it. |
90 | * UnconventionalCourtroomTactics: Where characters involved in the trial engage in unconventional behavior in order to make their case. |
91 | |
92 | !!Tropes (law about media) |
93 | * ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The censorship of something due to copyright is very noticeable. |
94 | * ContractualObligationProject: A creator makes or completes a work because they are legally obligated to. |
95 | * LawyerFriendlyCameo: It's pretty clear that a copyrighted character is making a cameo, but a lawsuit is avoided by technical means, like blurring their faces or making point-blank statements. |
96 | * OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: A work is prefaced or followed by a legal statement. |
97 | * ScrewedByTheLawyers: When a work is discontinued because of lawyers. |
98 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: A name is already trademarked, so it's changed just slightly to avoid copyright lawsuits. |
99 | ** YouWannaGetSued: In-universe, a character almost says something trademarked, only for another character to cut them off with a warning [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall that they could be sued for speaking it.]] |
100 | [[/index]] |
101 | |
102 | !!Sounds like this index, but isn't |
103 | * BunnyEarsLawyer (a lot of these guys are lawyers, but most of them aren't.) |
104 | * RulesLawyer (more about applying lawyerly behavior where it might not be called for, although there are obviously exceptions.) |
105 | ---- |
106 | ->'''Judge:''' And if you took the time to read all the entries all the way down here [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you are found guilty of spending too much time on TV Tropes]]. Sentence is four words. Bailiff! Call the next case. |
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