Lawyers, lawsuits, and legal rights :: the battle over litigation in American society /

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...

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1. Verfasser: Burke, Thomas Frederick
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Schriftenreihe:California series in law, politics, and society ; 2.
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 267 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-260) and index.
ISBN:9780520938373
0520938372
1417508221
9781417508228
0520227271
9780520227279
9780520243231
0520243234
159734706X
9781597347068

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