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Autore: |
Purcell Edward A
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Titolo: |
Litigation and inequality [[electronic resource] ] : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 / / Edward A. Purcell, Jr
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
Disciplina: | 347.30753 |
347.7312347.30712 | |
Soggetto topico: | Jurisdiction - Social aspects - United States - History |
Civil procedure - Social aspects - United States - History | |
Courts - United States - History | |
Actions and defenses - United States - History | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Litigation and inequality ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-771987-2 |
1-280-52602-5 | |
0-19-536090-7 | |
1-4294-0752-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785088803321 |
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