Lawsuits over coffee burns, playground injuries, even bad teaching: litigation 'horror stories' create the impression that Americans are greedy, quarrelsome, and sue-happy. The truth, as this book makes clear, is quite different. What Thomas Burke describes in "Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights" is a nation not of litigious citizens, but of litigious policies - laws that promote the use of litigation in resolving disputes and implementing public policies. This book is a cogent account of how such policies have come to ...
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Lawsuits over coffee burns, playground injuries, even bad teaching: litigation 'horror stories' create the impression that Americans are greedy, quarrelsome, and sue-happy. The truth, as this book makes clear, is quite different. What Thomas Burke describes in "Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights" is a nation not of litigious citizens, but of litigious policies - laws that promote the use of litigation in resolving disputes and implementing public policies. This book is a cogent account of how such policies have come to shape public life and everyday practices in the United States. As litigious policies have proliferated, so have struggles to limit litigation - and these struggles offer insight into the nation's court-centered public policy style. Burke focuses on three cases: the effort to block the Americans with Disabilities Act; an attempt to reduce accident litigation by creating a no-fault auto insurance system in California; and the enactment of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Act. These cases suggest that litigious policies are deeply rooted in the American constitutional tradition. Burke shows how the diffuse, divided structure of American government, together with the anti-statist ethos of American political culture, creates incentives for political actors to use the courts to address their concerns. The first clear and comprehensive account of the national politics of litigation, his work provides a new way to understand and address the 'litigiousness' of American society.
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Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Used in good Condition. The text appears to have highlighting. The binding is tight. Dust Jacket is missing. Back inside cover has some water marks. Cover has some wear, corner bumps and dings. May have bookstore stickers and book store stamp on the inside cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Education. ISBN: 0520227271. ISBN/EAN: 9780520227279. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561052545.
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Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Gently used in very good Condition. The text appears to be clean. The binding is tight as thought the book has never been opened. Dust Jacket is missing. The pages are bright and crisp. Cover has some minor corner bumps and dings. May have bookstore stickers and book store stamp on the inside cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Education. ISBN: 0520227271. ISBN/EAN: 9780520227279. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561052544.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Ink underlining and marginal marks noted. Corners of several pages creased. x, 267 p. Notes. Index. This is one of the California Series in Law, Politics, and Society. Denunciations of the US "litigation explosion" has become a familiar theme. Commentators attribute America's litigious public policy style to the explosion of lawyers. Burke shows how these explanations are mistaken! There are NOT more lawsuits in the US compared to other countries, however it IS easier to bring a case to court in the US. What the author describes in this book is a nation not of litigious citizens, but of litigious policies-laws that promote the use of litigation in resolving disputes and implementing public policies. This book is a cogent account of how such policies have come to shape public life and everyday practice.
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Fine Condition. No Dust Jacket. Gently used in Fine Condition. The text appears to be clean. The binding is tight as thought the book has never been opened. Dust Jacket is missing. The pages are bright and crisp. Cover looks great but may have some corner bumps and dings from storage. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Education. ISBN: 0520227271. ISBN/EAN: 9780520227279. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561052541.
