Distorting the law : politics, media, and the litigation crisis /

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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 year...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Haltom, William
Autres auteurs: McCann, Michael W., 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004.
Collection:Chicago series in law and society.
Sujets:
Actions and defenses > Press coverage > United States.
Torts > Press coverage > United States.
Law in mass media.
Law > Political aspects.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Actions et défenses dans la presse > États-Unis.
Responsabilité civile dans la presse > États-Unis.
Droit dans les médias > États-Unis.
Droit > Aspect politique.
Sociologie juridique.
Responsabilité civile > Couverture de presse > États-Unis.
Droit dans les médias.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Massenmedien
Rechtsprechung
Rechtspolitik
Berichterstattung
United States.
USA.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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