| Description |
1 online resource (x, 267 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
California series in law, politics, and society ; 2
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California series in law, politics, and society ; 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-260) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Actions and defenses -- United States.
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Actions and defenses. |
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United States. |
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Lawyers -- United States.
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Lawyers. |
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Justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Justice, Administration of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burke, Thomas Frederick. Lawyers, lawsuits, and legal rights. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520227271 (DLC) 2002019162 (OCoLC)50302035 |
| ISBN |
9780520938373 (electronic book) |
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0520938372 (electronic book) |
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1417508221 (electronic book) |
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9781417508228 (electronic book) |
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0520227271 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520227279 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520243231 |
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0520243234 |
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159734706X |
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9781597347068 |
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0520243234 |
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