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Article Excerpt
See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation
Thomas Geoghegan
The New Press
www.thenewpress.com
246pp., $24.95
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The American legal system and political structure are reasonably subject to broad criticism. In See You in Court, Thomas Geoghegan's criticism is exceedingly broad and often insightful. The subjects of his scathing criticism include (but are not limited to) juries, predispute mandatory arbitration, original intent as a method of constitutional interpretation, medical malpractice claims, charitable hospitals, bankruptcy law, credit cards with usurious interest rates, and corporate governance.
A self-identified labor lawyer, the author blames many of society's shortcomings on the collapse of the U.S. labor movement. He also decries government deregulation and the rise of tort litigation as a replacement for simple breach-of-contract claims.
According to Geoghegan, the political right orchestrated the downfall of unions to reduce management's costs. But instead of fewer, less expensive disputes, there...
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