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100 1 $aGeoghegan, Thomas,$d1949-
245 10 $aSee you in court :$bhow the Right made America a lawsuit nation /$cThomas Geoghegan.
260 $aNew York :$bThe New Press :$bDistributed by W.W. Norton & Co.,$c℗♭2007.
300 $avi, 246 pages ;$c22 cm
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505 0 $aDo we have too much democracy? -- From contract to tort : how we experience the rule of law at work -- From the law of trusts to the collection courts : how charities came to prey on beneficiaries -- From administrative law to no law : the rise of the whistle-blower and the trial lawyer -- The deregulation of public space : or, the end of equity -- The war on reason, uniformity, and predictability in the law : why the Right hates class action -- Why litigation costs are going up -- How attacking litigation is increasing litigation -- How we went to court as creditors and ended up as debtors -- Do you really want to see a jury? -- But would you rather get a judge? -- So what is our judicial philosophy? -- Living in the fourth republic -- The case against civilization -- The plan.
520 $aArgues that it is the conservative revolution that opened the floodgates of litigation and helped to spur the lawsuit culture that others decry. According to Geoghegan, the country’s current addiction to litigation and the need to find someone wrong is a natural response to the right’s dismantling of America’s postwar legal system—a system based on contract, trust, and administrative law, in which it was not necessary to go to court in order to stay solvent, keep your job, or recover from an accident. [From publisher description].
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