Maelstrom; the Admiral must decide whether to ground Starbuck when she shows signs of an oncoming nervous breakdown. The Son Also Rises; besides having to deal with the loss of Starbuck, the crew of the Galactica must provide security for the trial of Dr Baltar and for his defense attorney, who is replacing one lawyer who has already been killed. Crossroads Part I; Baltar goes on trial and it affects everyone from Lee on up to the president. Crossroads Part 2; coincidences create new alliances a find out more...

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

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A deeply disturbing drama in which preppie Hart is incarcerated in a German prisoner-of-war camp in the bleak winter of 1944/45. The war is almost over, except for professional soldier McNamara, but the arrival of 2 captured black officers stirs the racist pot, and the murder of one POW by another leads to a black man facing a blatantly racist court, a sort of legal lynching. While the plot has a few holes in it, the parallels between the prisoners and their brutal fascist captors reveal they ha find out more...

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Stirring courtroom drama with Lange as a lawyer called upon to represent her own father. The accusation that he perpetrated hideous war crimes 50 years previously seems at first preposterous, but as the trial continues she is forced to face some painful truths and make a heartbreaking decision. find out more...

One of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory is a seminal anti-war movie. Set during the First World War, the French general staff give the order for Colonel Dax (Douglas) and his men to attack a particularly well fortified German position. The order is little more than authorised suicide and when the remanants of Dax's men return, the high command, looking for something to distact from their murderous incompetence, decide to court-martial three of the surviving soldiers. The outra find out more...

When a peacekeeping mission in Yemen goes wrong, that is a Colonel orders his troops to open fire on a hostile civilian crowd murdering 83 of them, the Colonel faces a court martial on his return home. His only hope of escaping punishment for breaking the 'rules of engagement' is a talented military lawyer, Hays Hodges. Not much new, but if you're up for a military courtroom drama then this may fit the bill. find out more...

Against a backdrop of snow and racism in the immediate post-war USA, a young ethnic Japanese is charged with murdering a fellow fisherman off the Pacific coast. By clever use of flashback a tale of love won and lost is revealed. Superb cinematography makes this enigmatic tragedy from the director of "Shine" truly memorable. find out more...

This hit series stars Gabriel Macht as one of Manhattan's top corporate lawyers who sets out to recruit a new hotshot associate but winds up hiring the only guy that impresses him--a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout (Patrick J. Adams). Though he isn't actually a lawyer, this legal prodigy has the book smarts of a Harvard law grad and the street smarts of a hustler. However, in order to serve justice and save their jobs, both these unconventional thinkers mus find out more...

After the 11th September 2001 the War Against Terror is preparing to move on to Iraq. The UN have sent in the weapons inspectors to find if Saddam has indeed Weapons of Mass Destruction and the political machines in both the UK and US are working to present the strongest possible case for war in the face of (in the UK) very vocal opposition from the public. With the dossiers released and the threat established the "need for war" is set and, on the 19th March 2003, th find out more...