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1983

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A Comparative Perspective On Legal Evolution, Revolution, And Devolution, Laura Nader Mar 1983

A Comparative Perspective On Legal Evolution, Revolution, And Devolution, Laura Nader

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Courts--A Comparative and Political Analysis by Martin Shapiro, and Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile, 1500-1700 by Richard L. Kagan


How Consumer Remedies Fail, Bryant G. Garth Mar 1983

How Consumer Remedies Fail, Bryant G. Garth

Michigan Law Review

A Review of No Access to Law: Alternatives to the American Judicial System edited by Laura Nader


Reducing Court Costs And Delay: An Overview, Leonard S. Janofsky Jan 1983

Reducing Court Costs And Delay: An Overview, Leonard S. Janofsky

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The American legal system is unparalleled in its efforts to protect individual rights. A citizen's access to the legal system provides the basis for our government of laws. Yet, it must be recognized that serious problems confront the American system and persist despite a long history of efforts at reform by the organized bar, the judiciary, and other interested parties. Years of delay exist in many of the nation's busiest courts. The cost of maintaining or defending a suit has grown at an alarming rate. These infamous twin evils - delay and cost - do more than belie the standard …