Spinning the law : trying cases in the court of public opinion / Kendall Coffey ; foreword by Alan M. Dershowitz.
2010
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Title
Spinning the law : trying cases in the court of public opinion / Kendall Coffey ; foreword by Alan M. Dershowitz.
Published
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.
Call Number
KF390.5.P8 C64 2010
ISBN
9781616142100 (hardback : alk. paper)
1616142103 (hardback : alk. paper)
1616142103 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description
404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)624048974
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Alan M. Dershowitz
7
Introduction
9
ch. 1
Dead Man Voting and the ABC's of Law Spin
15
ch. 2
Spining Cases Through the Ages
35
ch. 3
The O.J. Revolution
61
ch. 4
Elian Gonzalez---The Battle for the Child and for Public Opinion
85
ch. 5
Political Litigation and Changing History---From Hanging Chads to Missing E-Votes
111
ch. 6
Open Trials---Press Freedom or Press Free-for-All?
139
ch. 7
Defense Lawyers--- The Underdogs and Their Uphill Strategies
161
ch. 8
The Case Studies--- A "Human Monster," a Domestic Diva, the King of the Court, the King of Pop, and Governor Blabbermouth
179
ch. 9
Prosecutors and the Press
241
ch. 10
Pop Law---Legal Myths and the Media
261
ch. 11
A Media Primer for Spinners
291
Afterword
323
Notes
327
Index
375