The Valencian publishing house Tirant lo Blanch, aimed at the university public, has a very interesting collection that mixes two seemingly distant concepts such as cinema and law. The idea is apparently simple, but very effective in engaging readers who are looking for a more enjoyable way to approach issues that can be dry. The key is to find a legal expert who wants to get involved. Many have done so so far, and thus we find, for example, the criminal lawyer Jordi Nieva discussing democratic institutions based on John Ford's classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The latest acquisition of the publishing house has been Joan Ridao, Professor of Constitutional Law at the UB and lawyer in the Parliament (and a former leader of ERC), who tackles one of his specialties, the regulation of lobbyists, based on the film Miss Sloane (2016), directed by John Madden and starring Jessica Chastain.

Joan Ridao (Rubí, 1967) is currently a lawyer in the Parliament of Catalonia and has just published Parliamentary law of Catalonia (Atelier Llibres Jurídics, 2025), a compilation of Catalan parliamentary law. However, he had also previously been involved in politics: he was a member of the Catalan Parliament and Congress for the ERC (Republican Left), as well as president of the Institute for the Study of Self-Government.