Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 267 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0520227271
,
0520243234
,
0520938372
,
159734706X
,
1417508221
,
9780520227279
,
9780520243231
,
9780520938373
,
9781597347068
,
9781417508228
Series Statement:
California series in law, politics, and society 2
Content:
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
Content:
The battle over litigation -- The creation of a litigious policy : the Americans with Disabilities Act -- A failed antilitigation effort : the struggle over no-fault auto insurance in California -- A shot of antilitigation reform : the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program -- Understanding the litigation debate
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-260) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Burke, Thomas Frederick Lawyers, lawsuits, and legal rights Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002
Language:
English
URL:
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