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Inexorably intertwined with American cinema, the digital French cinema has defined itself with and against its ever-present rival across the Atlantic. This article attempts to complicate what would be a predictable narrative of Americanization of French cinema, or the Gallicization of an American cinema by suggesting that at stake in this process is the historically rooted identity of Frenchness itself. It recalls that as the cinema has been one of the preeminent cultural activities of the French in terms of time and money spent, it is logically a privileged space in which to study the evolution of French culture and identity.1

A painful view of the current state of juvenile justice in the United States is presented in this volume which asks whether the 'children's court' has outlived its usefulness. As pressure builds to handle more children in adult courts and to consign them to adult prisons, the authors explore alternatives to the custodial treatment of juveniles and suggest how the juvenile justice system can, and should, be reformed