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No day in court : access to justice and the politics of judicial retrenchment / Sarah Staszak.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190221713 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199399031DDC classification: 347.73052 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: While the majority of the landmark laws and legal precedents expanding access to justice in the United States remain intact, less than 2 percent of civil cases are decided by a trial today. What explains this phenomenon, and why it is so difficult to get one's day in court? This book examines the sustained efforts of political and legal actors to scale back access to the courts in the decades since it was expanded, largely in the service of the rights revolution of the 1950s and 60s.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While the majority of the landmark laws and legal precedents expanding access to justice in the United States remain intact, less than 2 percent of civil cases are decided by a trial today. What explains this phenomenon, and why it is so difficult to get one's day in court? This book examines the sustained efforts of political and legal actors to scale back access to the courts in the decades since it was expanded, largely in the service of the rights revolution of the 1950s and 60s.
Description based on print version record.