William Haltom

Important discussion for those interested in the legal system and the debate over "tort reform." The authors -- both political scientists -- examine newspapers' coverage of tort cases, the way that cases become anecdotes used to push the reform agenda (a chapter is devoted to the McDonald's coffee case), the limited impact on the public debate of empirical legal studies, and more. (See http://trialadnotes.blogspot.com/2008/09/distorting-law.html for links and a summary.)… (mehr)