An edition of Blocking the courthouse door (2006)

Blocking the courthouse door

how the Republican Party and its corporate allies are taking away your right to sue

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An edition of Blocking the courthouse door (2006)

Blocking the courthouse door

how the Republican Party and its corporate allies are taking away your right to sue

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Charges the Bush administration and corporations with compromising civil liberties that protect the rights of Americans to sue, identifying the government's role in small business bankruptcy, and the deterioration of private medical practices.

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Free Press
Language
English
Pages
291

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Subjects
Dommages-intérêts, Frivolous suits (Civil procedure), Poursuites abusives, Damages, Justice, Administration of Justice, Administration, Civil procedure, united states, Justice, administration of
Places
United States, États-Unis

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Blocking the courthouse door: how the Republican Party and its corporate allies are taking away your right to sue
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Table of Contents

Too good to check : media myths about the civil justice system
When the smoke clears : big tobacco's secret tort project
Mess with Texas : George W. Bush and the Texas tort moguls
We wuz robe'd: unseating liberal judges
Cash bar : the campaign to cut attorney fees
Shock and law : the war on lawyers
Millions served : jackpot justice and the Jefferson County juries
Crackpot justice : the myth of the frivolous lawsuit
E Pluribus screw 'em : class action reform and the attack on consumer protection
Slip and call : merchants' (irrational) fear of getting sued
The hypocritical oath : when doctors double as tort-reform lobbyists
In big government we trust : how the GOP learned to love bureaucrats
In the tanker : Exxon's stealth campaign against punitive damages
Can I get a witness? : junk science and the war on experts
Why it matters.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
347.73/53
Library of Congress
KF8700 .M46 2006, KF8700.M46 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 291 p. ;
Number of pages
291

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24931259M
Internet Archive
blockingcourthou00menc
ISBN 10
0743277007
ISBN 13
9780743277006
LCCN
2006050967
OCLC/WorldCat
71173943

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