Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Lawyers, Lawsuits, And Legal Rights: The Battle Over Litigation In American SocietyISBN13:9780520243231ISBN10:0520243234Author:Burke, Thomas F. (Author)Description: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 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PRPublication Date:2004-10-12Weight:0.86 lbsDimensions:0.71'' H x 8.88'' L x 5.96'' WNumber of Pages:267Language:English
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Type: Textbook
Book Title: Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights : the Battle over Litigation in American Society
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Thomas F. Burke
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Legal Profession, Litigation, General
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Law, Political Science
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 277 Pages
