Columbo Legal Guide

March 25, 2009 1:22 AM

I'm trying to re-find an entertaining episode guide for Columbo that discusses the final disposition of all the cases.

I'm looking for a Columbo episode guide that explains how many cases were dismissed for violations of the rights of the criminal, or for lack of evidence. I saw it online once, but Google has so far been no help.

posted by brownbat to media & arts (2 comments total)

It might be:

Corcos, Christine Alice, Columbo Goes to Law School, , Or, Some Thoughts on the Uses of Television in the Teaching of Law, 13 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 499-544 (1993).

but I don't have access to law journals these days
posted by rakish_yet_centered at 8:13 AM on March 25

I do have access to that journal and just called it up for a quick skim. It's not an episode guide (nor is particularly entertaining), but it does cover Columbo's procedural sins in regards to the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments pretty thoroughly.

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posted by robocop is bleeding at 8:39 AM on March 25