Privatizing Justice

Privatizing Justice offers a compelling account of the emergence one of the most important, and overlooked, features of the American political economy. This brilliant book is essential reading not only for students of American capitalism, but also for social scientists interested in the politics of institutional change. * Kathleen Thelen, MIT *Privatizing Justice is an impressively thorough and beautifully written investigation into the evolution of arbitration from a voluntary, efficient dispute resolution method to a mandatory tool often favoring corporations over individuals. This book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to truly understand how private corporations have come to be so powerful in modern society. * Myriam E. Gilles, Yeshiva University *Staszak’s sweeping and illuminating account of how the modern private arbitration system came to dominate dispute resolution in the United States should be required reading for scholars of the modern American state, rights, and our legal system, regardless of discipline. She joins rich history with a bracing argument to pose important questions for policymakers, judges, and scholars alike. * Sophia Z. Lee, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School *

Sarah Staszak received her PhD in Politics from Brandeis University and is a Research Scholar in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Her research and teaching interests include public law, policy, and American political development. She is the author of No Day in Court: Access to Justice and the Politics of Judicial Retrenchment (Oxford University Press, 2015; Co-Winner: 2017 J. David Greenstone Book Award for best book in politics and history awarded by the American Political Science Association). Sarah was previously a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard University and a Brookings Institution Research Fellow in Governance Studies.