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Accidental justice : the dilemmas of tort law /
Subjects: “…Torts United States.…”
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Lawyer barons : what their contingency fees really cost America /
Table of Contents: “…-- Are contingency fee profits "reasonable"? -- How tort lawyers have increased their profits by restraining competition -- Impediments imposed by the bar to price competition -- The effects of incentives created by contingency fees -- How the quest for profits influenced the development of the tort system -- Lawyers' role in the expansion of tort liability -- The role of the judiciary in tort system expansion -- Current and future expansions of tort liability -- The litigation explosion : "fact or fiction"? …”
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The police officer's guide to civil liability /
Subjects: “…Tort liability of police United States.…”
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Confidentiality, transparency, and the U.S. civil justice system /
Table of Contents: “…Transparency and expert evidence in mass torts : insight from Silica litigation /…”
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Takings : private property and the power of eminent domain /
Table of Contents: “…The Integrity of Constitutional Text -- PART II Takings Prima Facie -- 4. Takings and Torts -- 5. Partial Takings: The Unity of Ownership -- 6. …”
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The battle for the court : interest groups, judicial elections, and public policy /
Table of Contents: “…The Course of Tort Policy -- Campaigns and Elections -- Voters' Responses to Electoral Campaigns -- Findings and Implications -- Appendix 1: Cast of Characters -- Appendix 2: Outcomes of Ohio Supreme Court Elections, 1976-2016 -- Appendix 3: Partisan Makeup of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1977-2017.…”
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Leadership on the federal bench : the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein /
Table of Contents: “…: Jack Weinstein and sentencing -- "Feeling like the Man of la Mancha pursuing enamored justice" : Jack Weinstein's judicial work, 1997-2007 -- Bringing justice to large groups of people : mass torts and class actions (I) -- Bringing justice to large groups of people : mass torts and class actions (II).…”
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Evaluating scientific evidence : an interdisciplinary framework for intellectual due process /
Table of Contents: “…Triers of science -- Intellectual due process -- A framework of analysis -- Toxic torts and the causation conundrum -- Criminal identification evidence -- Future dangerousness testimony : the epistemology of prediction -- Barefoot or Daubert? …”
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From House of Lords to Supreme Court : judges, jurists and the process of judging /
Table of Contents: “…Boland, the House of Lords, the Law Commission and the role of consensus / Elizabeth Cooke -- 'Inconsiderate alterations in our laws' : legislative reversal of Supreme Court decisions / James Lee -- (Dis)owning the convention in the law of tort / Jenny Steele -- Keeping their heads above water? …”
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Adversarial legalism : the American way of law /
Table of Contents: “…The concept of adversarial legalism -- The two faces of adversarial legalism -- The political construction of adversarial legalism -- Adversarial legalism and American Criminal justice -- Deciding criminal cases -- Adversarial legalism and civil justice -- The Tort law system -- Adversarial legalism and the welfare state -- Adversarial legalism and regulatory style -- Economic development, environmental protection, and adversarial legalism -- conclusion: can the United States tame adversarial legalism?…”
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Entrepreneurial litigation : its rise, fall, and future /
Table of Contents: “…Litigation and democracy -- The origins of entrepreneurial litigation -- The derivative action -- The emergence of the class action -- Merger and acquisition class actions : litigation on steroids -- The mass tort class action: quick rise, faster fall -- A prelude to class action reform -- The needed reforms -- Public enforcement and the private attorney general -- The globalization of the class action: can the private attorney general be exported? …”
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The history of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003 /
Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of the court of appeals -- Jurisdiction of the court of appeals -- Interrelation of the court of appeals, the legislature, and the executive -- Common law and the court of appeals -- Statutory interpretation -- Form of opinions and reports -- The great depression -- New judicial federalism -- Motion picture censorship -- Obscenity, indecency, and immorality -- Religion -- Real property -- Contracts -- Torts -- Corporations -- Arbitration -- Criminal law -- Evidence -- Conflict of laws -- Procedure -- Education -- Abortion, right to control own medical care, and some related matters -- Family law -- Election law -- Antitrust and restraints on competition -- Picketing and labor relations -- The chief judges' contributions : state of the judiciary.…”
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Select Supreme Court Decisions.
Table of Contents: “….: FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF STATE TORT LAW REGARDING MEDICAL DEVICES WITH FDA PREMARKET APPROVAL* ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; AN OVERVIEW OF FDA PREMARKET NOTIFICATION AND PREMARKET APPROVAL (PMA) OF MEDICAL DEVICES ; Premarket Notification (510(k) Submissions) ; Premarket Approval (PMA) ; PMA Supplements ; PREEMPTION ; Federal Preemption of State Law ; Arguments for Federal Preemption of State Law Tort Claims with Respect to Devices ; Arguments Against Federal Preemption of State Law Tort Claims with Respect to Devices.…”
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Heart versus head : judge-made law in nineteenth-century America /
Table of Contents: “…On Historical Developments and Barriers to Injured Plaintiffs: Continuity in Tort Law -- Entr'acte. Eddies: A Jurisprudence of the Hand -- pt. 2. …”
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Access to justice /
Table of Contents: “…Rose -- Legal services for the poor : access, self-interest, and pro bono / Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin -- Expanding access to lawyers : the role of legal advice centers / Masayuki Murayama -- Personal responsibility v. corporate liability : how personal injury lawyers screen cases in an era of tort reform / Mary Nell Trautner -- When bad things happen : toward a sociology of troubles / Jennifer Earl -- Comment : a revival of access to justice research? …”
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The Supreme Court A to Z /
Table of Contents: “…. -- Taxing power -- Temporary restraining order -- Term limits -- Term of the Court -- Test case -- Thomas, Clarence -- Thompson, Smith -- Three-judge court -- Todd, Thomas -- Tort law -- Traditions of the Court -- Travel, right to -- Treaty power -- Trials -- Trimble, Robert -- U. …”
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