Litigation and inequality : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 /

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Purcell explores the dynamic relationship between legal and social change through the prism of litigation practice and tactics. He examines changing litigation patterns in suits between individuals and national corporations over tort claims for personal injuries and contract claims for insurance ben...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purcell, Edward A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Temas:
Jurisdiction > Social aspects > United States > History.
Civil procedure > Social aspects > United States > History.
Courts > United States > History.
Actions and defenses > United States > History.
Juridiction > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Actions et défenses > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Actions and defenses
Civil procedure > Social aspects
Courts
Juridiction > Etats-Unis > Histoire.
Actions et défenses > Etats-Unis > Histoire.
Tribunaux > Etats-Unis > Histoire.
Procédure civile > Etats-Unis > Histoire.
United States
Jurisdiction > History
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins of a Social Litigation System
  • The Social Structure of Party Inequality and the Informal Legal Process
  • The Federal Common Law
  • The Battle for Forum Control, I: The Jurisdictional Amount and the Limits of Corporate Liability
  • The Battle for Forum Control, II: Joinder and the Limits of the System
  • Removal and the Problems of Local Prejudice: Three Perspectives on the System
  • Contraction and Evolution: The System After 1910
  • The Rise of Interstate Forum Shopping
  • Tactical Escalation in Insurance Litigation
  • Disintegration
  • Retrospective: History, Procedure, and the Social Role of the Federal Courts.

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