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Litigation and inequality : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958
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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 corporatio...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Edward A. Purcell, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (459 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780197719879, 0197719872, 9781280526022, 1280526025, 9780195360905, 0195360907, 9781429407526, 1429407522, 0195073290
- OCLC
- ocn476008691, ocn466426567, on1406783632
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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