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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164979203321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of Blocking the Courthouse Door

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

2-511-00024-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Disciplina

347.73/53

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of Blocking the Courthouse Door (Stephanie Mencimer); Media Myths about the Civil Justice System; Big Tobacco's Secret Tort Project; George W. Bush and the Texas Tort Moguls; Unseating Liberal Judges; The Campaign to Cut Attorney Fees; The War on Lawyers; The Myth of the Frivolous Lawsuit; Class Action Reform and the Attack on Consumer Protection; Merchants' (Irrational) Fear of Getting Sued; When Doctors Double as Tort Reform Lobbyists; How the GOP Learned to Love Bureaucrats

Exxon's Stealth Campaign against Punitive DamagesJunk Science and the War on Experts; Why It Matters; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Stephanie Mencimer in her book "Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies are Taking Away Your Right to Sue". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Stephanie Mencimer's book.<br>Mencimer examines every aspect of the tort reform campaign. <br>