This is the first book to thematically investigate lying in the American legal system.

Introduction Austin Sarat; 1. Where the law lies: constitutional fictions and their discontents Mary Anne Franks; 2. The artifice of advocacy: perjury and participation in the American adversary system Norman W. Spaulding; 3. Lies to manipulate, misappropriate, and acquire governmental power Helen Norton; 4. Lies, rape, and statutory rape Stuart P. Green; 5. Law and the production of deceit William N. Eskridge, Jr; Afterword: law, lies, and law schools Montre Carodine.