The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where his self-possessed wife's unconvincing testimony confuses him.

2013 South Korean film directed by Yang U-seok

In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

2020 film directed by Aaron Sorkin

A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

梁文道、刘瑜、熊培云、许知远联袂主编——“理想国译丛”（MIRROR）系列之一（003）——保持开放性的思想和非功利的眼光，看看世界的丰富性与复杂性。本书有熊培云专文导读 “英雄救美”。 南非宪法可以说是世界上最先进的宪法。作为宪法法院法官，萨克斯以其特殊的个人经历与对宪法深刻而又温情的解读，剖析各种跨族群、跨国界的司法争议，确保每一个人，不论善恶，都能享有新宪法保障的基本权利，并获得真正的自由。书中处处可见他对“人性尊严”的坚守。他期盼种族大和解、为弱势族群的权利据理力争、统合法律论辩与人文关怀、笃信“人就应当被当人对待”的理念。几乎对每一个涉及宪法层面的案件，他都给出了更符合宪法价值的论辩意见，他的每一段判词都是他释宪工作折射出来的思考记录。更重要的是，这些意见并未受限于法条规定的形式与逻辑推理，而是着重凸显了他身上浓重的人文主义色彩。正是这些努力，使南非这片被认为不可能孕育宪法正义的土地生发出了“人性尊严、平等、自由等最先进的思想”，从而实现了社会转型。

《圆圈正义》一书共收录作者的49篇随笔文章,分为“圆圈正义”“何谓榜样”“道德谴责的打开方式”“身负权力 各自珍重”“法律人的理智和多数人的情感”“生命的尊严”“心怀永恒 活在当下”七大部分，作者在本书中运用特有的坦诚、自省而尖锐的笔调，探讨了法律、正义、道德、权力的理念与现实、分析了如张扣扣案、莫某纵火案等社会热点案件、分享了自身求学经验和对人生的思考。本书不仅启蒙读者法律意识和法治观念，更在于帮助读者理解法律背后更深层次的价值基础。