Distorting the Law
Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis
332 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings, 9 tables 6 x 9
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2004
Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society
Cloth $59.00
ISBN: 9780226314631
Published October 2004
Paper $20.00
ISBN: 9780226314648
Published October 2004
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
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