Author: Thomas Geoghega
Publisher: New Pre
Keywords: lawsuit, nation, america, made, right, court
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-01-05
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1595584102
ISBN-13: 9781595584106

A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of 2007—a bold new argument that conservative policy has led to America’s lawsuit culture, from the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.While just about everyone agrees that we’ve become a lawsuit nation, is it really class actions by a coterie of private trial lawyers whose enormous settlements and, in Karl Rove’s words, "junk lawsuits" that are subverting democracy? Thomas Geoghegan, whom Time called "a modern-day Quixote of the legal profession," thinks not.In this impassioned rebuttal to Philip K. Howard’s The Death of Co

Author: Arnold M. Rose
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Keywords: political, extremists, lawsuit, freedom, academic, libel
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1968-05-03
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0816604711
ISBN-13: 9780816604715

Libel and Academic Freedom was first published in 1968. Described as a "Communist collaborator" and a "security risk" in the literature of a right-wing extremist group, Arnold M. Rose brought suit on charges of libel against those who made the statements, Gerda Koch and others. In this book, Mr. Rose, who was a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and president-elect of the American Sociological Association at the time of his death this year [1968], presents an account of the trial, which took place in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis in November, 1965. He also

Author: Joseph L. Matthew
Publisher: NOLO
Keywords: companion, litigation, client, guide, survival, lawsuit
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0873377605
ISBN-13: 9780873377607

Bridge the gap between yourself and the legal system with The Lawsuit Survival Guide. Find concise explanations of legal proceedings and clear answers to your questions, such as: * "How do I find the right lawyer?" * "How do attorney fees work?" * "What is my lawyer doing, and why?" * "What does all this legalese mean?" * "What’s taking so long?" * "Can I cut costs by helping my lawyer?" * "Can I get out of this lawsuit?" The Lawsuit Survival Guide takes you through the entire litigation process from start to finish, explaining every step along the way in language that makes sense. It wi

Author: Philip K. Howard
Publisher: Ballantine Book
Keywords: undermines, freedom, culture, lawsuit, common, america, collapse
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-01-29
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 034543871X
ISBN-13: 9780345438713

Author Philip K. Howard returns with the same storytelling style and supreme reasonableness that made his first book, The Death of Common Sense, such a smash hit in 1995. He begins The Lost Art of Drawing the Line by noting the damage predatory litigation has done to the communal fabric of the United States: "Social relations in America, far from steadied by law’s sure hand, are a tangle of frayed legal nerves." He tells how seesaws have started to vanish from playgrounds, how teachers are banned from touching students, and how emergency-room staff are blocked from attending to patients

Author: Roderic Duncan Judge
Publisher: NOLO
Keywords: california, superior, court, yourself, representing, lawsuit, judge, guide, win
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-10-30
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1413307094
ISBN-13: 9781413307092

Represent yourself in California Superior Court for a case worth up to $25,000! Some cases are too big for small claims court and too small to interest a lawyer. But Win Your Lawsuit takes you step by step through the entire process of a limited jurisdiction case in California Superior Court. Take on common types of civil court cases worth up to $25,000, including: contract disputes personal injuries property damage cases business disputes Whether you’re bringing the suit or defending against one, this plain-English legal guide shows you how to prepare a complaint, file and serve pap