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De Minimis Curat Lex, Brian G. Driscoll

Fordham Urban Law Journal

There is a great deal of civil litigation in Urban areas and courts are unable to deal efficiently and justly with the cases that are brought before them. Additionally, there are many cases concerning a small amount of money and disputes in which citizens are in lower and middle economic classes that are never brought before the courts. The nature of the judicial system discourages these small claims but even these relatively small claims may be significant in relation to the income of some of these potential litigants. Handling this problem needs to be done through the small claims court. …