Litigation State Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U. S.

Name: Litigation State Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U. S.
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ISBN: 9780691143811

ISBN-10: 0691143811

ISBN-13: 9780691143811

Edition: 2010

Authors: Sean Farhang

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Of the 1.65 million lawsuits enforcing federal laws over the past decade, 3 percent were prosecuted by the federal government, while 97 percent were litigated by private parties. When and why did private plaintiff-driven litigation become a dominant model for enforcing federal regulation?The Litigation Stateshows how government legislation created the nation's reliance upon private litigation, and investigates why Congress would choose to mobilize, through statutory design, private lawsuits to implement federal statutes. Sean Farhang argues that such private lawsuits are deliberately cultivated by Congress partly as a means of enforcing its will over the resistance of opposing…

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/29/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.42" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English