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Apocalypse Now?, Richard L. Marcus
Apocalypse Now?, Richard L. Marcus
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts by Peter H. Schuck
Suing The Press: Libel, The Media, And Power, Michael L. Chidester
Suing The Press: Libel, The Media, And Power, Michael L. Chidester
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Suing the Press: Libel, the Media, and Power by Rodney A. Smolla
Judging The Jury, Eric M. Acker
Judging The Jury, Eric M. Acker
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Judging the Jury by Valerie P. Hans and Neil Vidmar
The Costs Of Complexity, Stephen B. Burbank
The Costs Of Complexity, Stephen B. Burbank
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Complex Litigation: Cases and Materials on Advanced Civil Procedure by Richard L. Marcus and Edward F. Sherman
The Civil Jury--An Endangered Species, John Feikens
The Civil Jury--An Endangered Species, John Feikens
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
George Bernard Shaw, the Irish dramatist and arch gadfly, once said, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. "
With this tantalizing opener, let me say that I will attempt to point out to you my deep concern about the gradual elimination of jury trials in civil cases in our country.
The American Advantage: The Value Of Inefficient Litigation, Samuel R. Gross
The American Advantage: The Value Of Inefficient Litigation, Samuel R. Gross
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In a recent article, The German Advantage in Civil Procedure,1 Professor John Langbein claims that the German system of civil litigation is superior to the American; in an earlier article he makes a parallel claim about German criminal procedure.2 Roughly, Professor Langbein argues that by comparison to the German process, American litigation is overly complex, expensive, slow, and unpredictable - in short, inefficient.3 Professor Langbein is not the first and will not be the last to criticize American legal institutions in these terms, but he expresses this criticism particularly well: he is concise and concrete, he describes American practice by …
Mass And Repetitive Litigation In The Federal Courts, Edward H. Cooper
Mass And Repetitive Litigation In The Federal Courts, Edward H. Cooper
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The topic of "Mass and Repetitive Litigation in the Federal Courts" is even more vast and unwieldy than the complex litigations it brings to mind. The implicit assignment to address the topic by contemplating the events that may occur over the next century is still more daunting. One hundred years bring untellable changes to all of our social and political institutions, judicial and otherwise. Rather than attempt to meet the challenge by uttering bold prophecies of the circumstances that will confront our successors of the future, I will follow an easier course. This paper will select a few illustrations of …