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Record Nr.

UNISA996247973203316

Autore

Purcell Edward A

Titolo

Litigation and inequality [[electronic resource] ] : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 / / Edward A. Purcell, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-19-771987-2

1-280-52602-5

0-19-536090-7

1-4294-0752-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (459 p.)

Disciplina

347.30753

347.7312347.30712

Soggetti

Jurisdiction - Social aspects - United States - History

Civil procedure - Social aspects - United States - History

Courts - United States - History

Actions and defenses - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Origins of a Social Litigation System; 2. The Social Structure of Party Inequality and the Informal Legal Process; 3. The Federal Common Law; 4. The Battle for Forum Control, I: The Jurisdictional Amount and the Limits of Corporate Liability; 5. The Battle for Forum Control, II: Joinder and the Limits of the System; 6. Removal and the Problems of Local Prejudice: Three Perspectives on the System; 7. Contraction and Evolution: The System After 1910; 8. The Rise of Interstate Forum Shopping; 9. Tactical Escalation in Insurance Litigation; 10. Disintegration

11. Retrospective: History, Procedure, and the Social Role of the Federal CourtsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the relationship between legal and social change through a study of American litigation practice. The text examines changing litigation patterns in suits between individuals and corporations over tort claims for personal injuries and contract claims for insurance



benefits.