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Zusatztext The central message of In Praise of Litigation is a powerful one: the benefits of lawsuits (and the harms from improperly restricting them) go far beyond the parties and their lawyers. The book is a tour de force in which Alexandra Lahav draws on a dazzling array of examples, from cases involving slaves seeking freedom in the 1850s to cases involving e. coli in fast-food hamburgers, and from little-noticed suits involving individuals to iconic Supreme Court decisions like Brown v. Board of Education, that stretch across both doctrinal boundaries and American history. Every law student and every lawyer should read In Praise of Litigation not just to understand more fully how litigation actually works today, but also to arm themselves better to defend equal access to the courts as a critical aspect of our democracy. Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Lahav teaches law at the University of Connecticut and has taught at Harvard, Yale and Columbia law schools. Before becoming an academic she litigated civil rights cases in New York City. Klappentext In Praise of Litigation explains how civil society gains from litigation and why it is ultimately a social good. Zusammenfassung In Praise of Litigation explains how civil society gains from litigation and why it is ultimately a social good. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1 Litigation and Democracy Chapter 2 Participation in Self-Government Chapter 3 Equality Before the Law Chapter 4 Transparency Through Litigation Chapter 5 Enforcement of the Law Epilogue
