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Distorting the Law

- Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis
Af: Michael McCann, William Haltom Engelsk Paperback

Distorting the Law

- Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis
Af: Michael McCann, William Haltom Engelsk Paperback
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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 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.
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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 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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 332
ISBN-13: 9780226314648
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226314642
Kategori: Medievidenskab
Udg. Dato: 1 okt 2004
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 155mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 1 okt 2004
Forfatter(e): Michael McCann, William Haltom
Forfatter(e) Michael McCann, William Haltom

Kategori Medievidenskab

ISBN-13 9780226314648

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 332

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 230mm

Højde 155mm

Udg. Dato 1 okt 2004

Oplagsdato 1 okt 2004

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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