LEADER 03213nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910785088803321 005 20230207224455.0 010 $a0-19-771987-2 010 $a1-280-52602-5 010 $a0-19-536090-7 010 $a1-4294-0752-2 024 7 $a2027/heb07921 035 $a(CKB)1000000000410969 035 $a(EBL)271828 035 $a(OCoLC)476008691 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186998 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218051 035 $a(PQKB)10628587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279119 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52602 035 $a(OCoLC)466426567 035 $a(dli)HEB07921 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012855858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271828 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000410969 100 $a19911004d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLitigation and inequality$b[electronic resource] $efederal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 /$fEdward A. Purcell, Jr 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (459 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-507329-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a11. 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 330 $aExplores 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. 606 $aJurisdiction$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCivil procedure$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCourts$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aActions and defenses$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aJurisdiction$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCivil procedure$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCourts$xHistory. 615 0$aActions and defenses$xHistory. 676 $a347.30753 676 $a347.7312347.30712 700 $aPurcell$b Edward A$01669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785088803321 996 $aLitigation and inequality$9969311 997 $aUNINA