Distorting the law : politics, media, and the litigation crisis / / William Haltom and Michael McCann.
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| Superior document: | The Chicago series in law and society |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chicago series in law and society.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 347 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- The social production of legal knowledge
- Pop torts : tales of legal degeneration and moral regeneration
- In retort : narratives versus numbers
- ATLA shrugged : plaintiffs' lawyers play defense
- Full tort press : media coverage of civil litigation
- Java jive : genealogy of a juridical icon
- Smoke signals from the tobacco wars
- Law through the looking glass of mass politics.