Add to ORKGRules of civil procedure presuppose a level playing field where litigants havestructured opportunities to develop and present their claims to a neutral fact finder. In millions of cases-the vast majority processed by state courts today the field is neither level nor fair. Instead, enormous numbers of small dollar value cases are disposed of mechanically, without meaningful adjudication. High-volume state court dockets involve serious asymmetries of power and knowledge, where plaintiffs\u27 lawyers are able to manipulate or short-circuit therules against unrepresented and generally unsophisticated low-income defendants
Socio-legal scholars often approach dispute resolution from the perspective of the disputants, empha...
Despite the impact that civil procedure has on marginalized people, discussions of systemic inequali...
Scholars have lavished attention on the substance of jurisdictional doctrines such as standing, moot...
Rules of civil procedure presuppose a level playing field where litigants havestructured opportuniti...
State courts matter. Not only do state courts handle more than sixty times the number of civil cases...
Though they originated as an insubstantial entity, United States Federal Courts have become a virtua...
We have criticized the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure since the 1980s and the pr...
State civil courts struggle to handle the volume of cases before them. Litigants in these courts, mo...
Often, members of the public become engaged (or enraged) when they read about Supreme Court decision...
Political rhetoric about the one percent is pervasive, as those with the greatest concentrated wealt...
A crisis in civil justice has seized the lowest rungs of state court where the great majority of Ame...
Sociolegal scholars often approach dispute resolution from the perspective of the disputants, emphas...
The potential for attorneys to collude in reaching a settlement agreement arises in any large-scal...
This Article calls attention to the breakdown of adversary procedure in a largely unexplored area of...
Ad hoc procedure” seems like an oxymoron. A traditional model of the civil justice system depicts co...
Socio-legal scholars often approach dispute resolution from the perspective of the disputants, empha...
Despite the impact that civil procedure has on marginalized people, discussions of systemic inequali...
Scholars have lavished attention on the substance of jurisdictional doctrines such as standing, moot...
Rules of civil procedure presuppose a level playing field where litigants havestructured opportuniti...
State courts matter. Not only do state courts handle more than sixty times the number of civil cases...
Though they originated as an insubstantial entity, United States Federal Courts have become a virtua...
We have criticized the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure since the 1980s and the pr...
State civil courts struggle to handle the volume of cases before them. Litigants in these courts, mo...
Often, members of the public become engaged (or enraged) when they read about Supreme Court decision...
Political rhetoric about the one percent is pervasive, as those with the greatest concentrated wealt...
A crisis in civil justice has seized the lowest rungs of state court where the great majority of Ame...
Sociolegal scholars often approach dispute resolution from the perspective of the disputants, emphas...
The potential for attorneys to collude in reaching a settlement agreement arises in any large-scal...
This Article calls attention to the breakdown of adversary procedure in a largely unexplored area of...
Ad hoc procedure” seems like an oxymoron. A traditional model of the civil justice system depicts co...
Socio-legal scholars often approach dispute resolution from the perspective of the disputants, empha...
Despite the impact that civil procedure has on marginalized people, discussions of systemic inequali...
Scholars have lavished attention on the substance of jurisdictional doctrines such as standing, moot...