Failures of American civil justice in international perspective / James R. Maxeiner with Gyooho Lee, Armin Weber, and a foreword by Philip K. Howard.

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Maxeiner, James

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computer

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online resource

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9781139128575
1139128574
9780511842603
0511842600
9781139115742
113911574X
1107228409
9781107228405
1139125087
9781139125086
1283296349
9781283296342
1139123661
9781139123662
9786613296344
6613296341
1139117912
9781139117913
1139113550
9781139113557
9781107693791
1107693799

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Failures of American civil justice in international perspective.DDC classification:

347.73 22

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KF384 .M39 2011eb

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Contents:

Civil justice : an introduction -- Legal method : thinking like a lawyer -- Lawyers and legal systems : access to justice -- The court : jurisdiction and applicable law -- Pleading : the matter in controversy -- Process : the right to be heard -- Judgments, appeals and outcomes -- Conclusion.

Summary: "Civil justice in the United States is neither civil nor just. Instead it embodies a maxim that the American legal system is a paragon of legal process which assures its citizens a fair and equal treatment under the law. Long have critics recognized the system's failings while offering abundant criticism but few solutions. This book provides a comparative-critical introduction to civil justice systems in the United States, Germany, and Korea. It shows the shortcomings of the American system and compares them with German and Korean successes in implementing the rule of law. The author argues that these shortcomings could easily be fixed if the American legal systems were open to seeing how other legal systems' civil justice processes handle cases more efficiently and fairly. Far from being a treatise for specialists, this book is an introductory text for civil justice in the three aforementioned legal systems. It is intended to be accessible to people with a general knowledge of a modern legal system"--Provided by publisher

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"Civil justice in the United States is neither civil nor just. Instead it embodies a maxim that the American legal system is a paragon of legal process which assures its citizens a fair and equal treatment under the law. Long have critics recognized the system's failings while offering abundant criticism but few solutions. This book provides a comparative-critical introduction to civil justice systems in the United States, Germany, and Korea. It shows the shortcomings of the American system and compares them with German and Korean successes in implementing the rule of law. The author argues that these shortcomings could easily be fixed if the American legal systems were open to seeing how other legal systems' civil justice processes handle cases more efficiently and fairly. Far from being a treatise for specialists, this book is an introductory text for civil justice in the three aforementioned legal systems. It is intended to be accessible to people with a general knowledge of a modern legal system"--Provided by publisher