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" Why lawsuits are good for America : "
Carl T. Bogus
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BL
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701056
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b523245
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| Main Entry
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Bogus, Carl T.
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| Title & Author
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Why lawsuits are good for America : : disciplined democracy, big business, and the common law /\ Carl T. Bogus
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, [2001]
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, ©2001
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| Series Statement
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Critical America
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xi, 265 pages ;; 22 cm
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081471319X (cloth : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-258) and index
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| Contents
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Why Tell Tales? -- Danforth's Tale -- Proctor v. Davis: The Real Story -- Why Tell Tales? -- War on the Common Law -- Warriors -- War on the Common Law -- The Tort Reform Agenda -- The Common Law and America -- The Third Branch of Government -- Beginnings -- Separation of Powers and the American Judiciary -- The Common Law Tradition -- An American Bench and Bar -- An American Procedural System -- Disciplined Democracy and the American Jury -- Legends -- The Founders and the Civil Jury -- The Contemporary Civil Jury: England versus America -- Disciplined Democracy -- Is the Civil Jury Competent? -- The Civil Jury and Societal Values -- The American Common Law System -- Is Proctor an Example of System Failure? -- The Four Legs of American Common Law -- Why the Common Law Is Special -- Who Regulates Auto Safety? -- Administrative versus Common Law Regulation -- The Stunning Improvement in Auto Safety -- Administrative Regulation -- The Bronco II Story -- Who Regulates Auto Safety? -- Balancing Safety and Other Considerations -- The Three Revolutions in Products Liability -- Cardozo's Paradigm -- The First Revolution: Strict Liability for Defective Products -- The Second Revolution: Strict Liability for Nondefective Products with Unreasonably Dangerous Features -- The Third Revolution: Strict Liability for Unreasonably Dangerous Products -- The Common Law and the Future -- Tobacco and Guns -- Common Law in the Twenty-first Century
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Law reform-- United States.
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Products liability-- United States.
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Torts-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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346.7303
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KF1296.B64 2001
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