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Title A nation of adversaries : how the litigation explosion is reshaping America / Patrick M. Garry
Publisher New York : Plenum Press, c1997
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 Stacks  KF384 .G34 1997    AVAILABLE
Table of Contents
 Introduction. The Cultural Fallout from America's Litigation Explosion1
Ch. 1America's Litigation Obsession15
Ch. 2Pioneering on the Litigation Frontier25
Ch. 3Cultural Foundations of America's Litigation Explosion43
Ch. 4The Breeding of an Adversarial Culture59
Ch. 5A Litigation Democracy89
Ch. 6Litigation and the Rise of a New American Role Model103
Ch. 7An Explosive Partnership: Therapists and Lawyers125
Ch. 8An Inadequate Social Regulator139
Ch. 9A Casualty of the Litigation Explosion161
Ch. 10False Prophets171
 Conclusion. The Empty Promise of Litigation189
 Notes199
 Index212
Subject Adversary system (Law) -- Social aspects -- United States
Justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States
Social conflict -- United States
Civil society -- United States
Description xiv, 218 p. ; 22 cm
Note "Insight books."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index
ISBN 0306455641
OCLC # 35887332