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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226314642
ISBN-13
9780226314648
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30233180
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Publication Name
Distorting the Law : Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Torts, Litigation, General, Jurisprudence
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Political Science
Series
Chicago Series in Law and Society Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-001268
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
346.7303
Table Of Content
Preface 1. The Social Production of Legal Knowledge Part One: Contesting Legal Realities 2. Pop Torts: Tales of Legal Degeneration and Moral Regeneration 3. In Retort: Narratives versus Numbers 4. ATLA Shrugged: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Play Defense Part Two: Reporting Legal Realities 5. Full Tort Press: Media Coverage of Civil Litigation 6. Java Jive: Genealogy of a Juridical Icon 7. Smoke Signals from the Tobacco Wars 8. Law through the Looking Glass of Mass Politics References Index
Synopsis
In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high settlements reign. Scholars have argued for years that this common view of the depraved ruin of our civil legal system is a myth, but their research and statistics rarely make the news. William Haltom and Michael McCann here persuasively show how popularized distorted understandings of tort litigation (or tort tales) have been perpetuated by the mass media and reform proponents. Distorting the Law lays bare how media coverage has sensationalized lawsuits and sympathetically portrayed corporate interests, supporting big business and reinforcing negative stereotypes of law practices. Based on extensive interviews, nearly two decades of newspaper coverage, and in-depth studies of the McDonald's coffee case and tobacco litigation, Distorting the Law offers a compelling analysis of the presumed litigation crisis, the campaign for tort law reform, and the crucial role the media play in this process.
LC Classification Number
KF380.H35 2004
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