The Litigation State
Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U.S.
$159.11
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2010
Summary
Of the 1.65 million lawsuits enforcing federal laws over the past decade, 3 percent were prosecuted by the federal government, while 97 percent were litigated by private parties. When and why did private plaintiff-driven litigation become a dominant model for enforcing federal regulation? The Litigation State shows how government legislation created the nation’s reliance upon private litigation, and investigates why Congress would choose to mobilize, through statutory design, private lawsu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691143828 |
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| ISBN-10: | 069114382X |
| Author: | Sean Farhang |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 235mm |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in American Politics |
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Winner of the 2011 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2011 C. Herman Pritchett Award, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2011 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Sean Farhang
Sean Farhang is assistant professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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