No day in court : access to justice and the politics of judicial retrenchment /

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 t...

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Main Author:	Staszak, Sarah L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:	Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
Subjects:	Political questions and judicial power > United States. Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis. Courts. LAW. Legislative Branch. American Government. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Political Process. Political questions and judicial power United States Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book