03354nam 2200757Ia 450 991082310870332120200520144314.00-19-771987-21-280-52602-50-19-536090-71-4294-0752-22027/heb07921(CKB)1000000000410969(EBL)271828(OCoLC)476008691(SSID)ssj0000193225(PQKBManifestationID)11186998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193225(PQKBWorkID)10218051(PQKB)10628587(Au-PeEL)EBL271828(CaPaEBR)ebr10279119(CaONFJC)MIL52602(OCoLC)466426567(dli)HEB07921(MiU)MIU01000000000000012855858(MiAaPQ)EBC271828(OCoLC)1406783632(StDuBDS)9780197719879(EXLCZ)99100000000041096919911004d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLitigation and inequality federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 /Edward A. Purcell, Jr1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19921 online resource (459 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1992.0-19-507329-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. Disintegration11. 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; YExplores 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.Oxford scholarship online.JurisdictionSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil procedureSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCourtsUnited StatesHistoryActions and defensesUnited StatesHistoryJurisdictionSocial aspectsHistory.Civil procedureSocial aspectsHistory.CourtsHistory.Actions and defensesHistory.347.30753347.7312347.30712Purcell Edward A1669MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823108703321Litigation and inequality969311UNINA