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Our box was full an ethnography for the Delgamuukw plaintiffs / by Daly, Richard Heywood, 1942-

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Perceptions in litigation and mediation lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and gendered parties / by Relis, Tamara

Table of Contents: “…Great misconceptions or disparate perceptions of plaintiffs' litigation aims? -- Voluntary versus mandatory mediation divide -- Consequences of power : legal actors versus disputants on defendants' attendance at mediation -- Actors' mediation objectives : how lawyers versus parties plan to resolve their cases short of trial -- Perceptions during mediations -- Parallel views on mediators and styles -- Conclusion : the parallel understandings and experiences in case processing and mediation.…”
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Experts in civil cases an inside view / by Prichard, Fred, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…The firm -- Conflicts -- Evaluating cases : plaintiff versus defense -- Preparing cases : plaintiff versus defense.…”
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Inside a class action the Holocaust and the Swiss banks / by Schapiro, Jane, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Winds of truth -- Looking back -- Plaintiffs speak -- The devil's bridge -- An uneasy alliance -- A rough calculation -- Arguments and motions -- The hearing -- Stucki's ghost -- A victim's fund -- A separate peace -- Money dance -- An accounting -- The reckoning.…”
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International human rights litigation in U.S. courts

Table of Contents: “…The alien tort statute (ATS) : from 1789 to filartiga, sosa, and beyond -- Understanding the alien tort statute (ATS) : the analytic framework -- Plaintiffs, defendants, and violations in alien tort statute (ATS) suits -- The torture victim protection act (TVPA) -- Jurisdiction over states : the foreign sovereign immunities act (FSIA) -- Other grounds for human rights litigation -- Historical paradigms, modern violations -- Treaty violations -- The plaintiff : who can sue? …”
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Medical malpractice by Sloan, Frank A.

Table of Contents: “…-- An increased threat of lawsuits and higher premiums : the consequences -- Governments' responses to medical malpractice crises--and their effects -- Ceilings on nonmonetary and total losses -- Compensating plaintiffs' attorneys -- Juries and health courts -- Patient safety and medical malpractice -- Medical malpractice insurance and insurance regulation -- Reinsurance -- No-fault for medical injuries -- Reforms : what can be done.…”
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Distorting the law politics, media, and the litigation crisis / by Haltom, William

Table of Contents: “…The social production of legal knowledge -- Pop torts : tales of legal degeneration and moral regeneration -- In retort : narratives versus numbers -- ATLA shrugged : plaintiffs' lawyers play defense -- Full tort press : media coverage of civil litigation -- Java jive : genealogy of a juridical icon -- Smoke signals from the tobacco wars -- Law through the looking glass of mass politics.…”
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Suing the gun industry a battle at the crossroads of gun control and mass torts /

Table of Contents: “…Kahan, Donald Braman, and John Gastil -- Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. …”
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Dawn of desegregation J.A. De Laine and Briggs v. Elliott / by Gona, Ophelia De Laine

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