From the back cover of the book:



“Distorting the Law  brilliantly explores how the law has been routinely misrepresented, and thus unknown, through the media. This is a daring, compelling work that must be read, and taught, by all with an interest in the future durability of the rule of law and the power of popular culture to shape that future. A truly impressive and important book.”
Susan S. Silbey

“Haltom and McCann build a multilayered analysis, using a wide range of evidence to support their thesis that the perception of the United States as overwhelmed by litigation and in desperate need of tort reform is empirically false yet still constitutes popular knowledge of law. With its clear and lively writing, sophisticated theory, and rich evidence, Distorting the Law  will be widely read and very influential."
Charles R. Epp

“An important contribution not only to the debate over tort law in America but to theories of the social construction of law and legal consciousness. Haltom and McCann present their arguments clearly, unpretentiously, and persuasively. Their book helps us to understand how American perceptions of tort litigation came to be rooted so deeply in assumptions about things that, as Will Rogers used to say, ‘just ain’t so.’”
David M. Engel