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Author Mencimer, Stephanie, 1969-

Title Blocking the courthouse door : how the Republican Party and its corporate allies are taking away your right to sue / Stephanie Mencimer.

Imprint New York : Free Press, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.7353 M521b 2006    ---  Available
Description vii, 291 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Justice, Administration of.
Frivolous suits (Civil procedure)
Damages.
ISBN 0743277007
9780743277006
Standard No. YDXCP 2423373

 
    
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