{"product_id":"see-you-in-court-how-the-right-made-america-a-lawsuit-nation-9781595580993","title":"See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile just about everyone agrees that we've become a lawsuit nation, is it really class actions by a coterie of private trial lawyers whose enormous settlements and, in Karl Rove's words, \"junk lawsuits\" that are subverting democracy? Thomas Geoghegan, whom \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"a modern-day Quixote of the legal profession,\" thinks not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this impassioned rebuttal to Philip K. Howard's \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Common Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, Geoghegan deftly shows how conservatives' dismantling of America's postwar legal system opened the floodgates of litigation. Most often people sue, he argues, because of what they have lost--contract rights, pensions, health insurance, decent medical care, and strong unions. Without these methods of preempting and resolving disputes, Americans who face injury, bankruptcy, discrimination, or injustice are left with no recourse but the lawsuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth smart and provocative, \u003ci\u003eSee You in Court \u003c\/i\u003eshows why the right is wrong about the source of our lawsuit culture and points the way back to civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595580993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.82w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 646\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/18\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Geoghegan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280660725941,"sku":"9781595580993","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9a5046ef-3a48-4b09-92c5-427d7b8d3059.jpg?v=1751468301","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/see-you-in-court-how-the-right-made-america-a-lawsuit-nation-9781595580993","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}