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9780312331191

The Rule of Lawyers How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312331191

  • ISBN10:

    0312331193

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-06-01
  • Publisher: Griffin

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Summary

Big-ticket litigation is becoming a way of life in this country. But something new is afoot-something typified by the $246 billion tobacco settlement, and by other courtroom assaults against companies producing guns, cars, breast implants, asbestos, lead paint, and more. Each massive class-action suit seeks to invent new law, to ban, tax, or regulate something that elected lawmakers had chosen to leave alone. And each time the new attack process works as intended, the new litigation elite reaps billions in fees-which they invest in fresh rounds of suits, as well as political contributions. The Rule of Lawyersasks: Who picks these lawyers, and who can fire them? Who protects the public's interest when settlements are negotiated behind closed doors? Where are our elected lawmakers in all this? The answers may determine whether we slip from the rule of law to the rule of lawyers.

Author Biography

Walter K. Olson is the author of The Litigation Explosion (1991). A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Olson has written on law and lawyers for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, City Journal, and others. He lives and works in Chappaqua, NY.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Better Living Through Litigationp. 1
The Joy of Tobacco Feesp. 25
Serial Litigationp. 73
Sunning for Democracyp. 99
Stacked: The Breast-Implant Affairp. 129
Trial Lawyer TVp. 153
Asbestos Memoriesp. 181
The Jackpot Beltp. 209
The Art of the Runaway Juryp. 237
The Lawsuit Lobbyp. 263
Litigators on Horsebackp. 293
Afterwordp. 315
Notesp. 327
For Further Readingp. 351
Acknowledgmentsp. 353
Indexp. 355
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