Un-Making Law The Conservative Campaign to Roll Back the Common Law

Name: Un-Making Law The Conservative Campaign to Roll Back the Common Law
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ISBN: 9780807044278

ISBN-10: 080704427X

ISBN-13: 9780807044278

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jay M. Feinman

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Conservatives are engaged in a campaign to turn back the clock on the common law--the law of contract, property, and personal injury--to increase the rights of big business. Some significant inroads have already protected gun manufacturers from lawsuits and hampered the government"s protection of the environment, for example; more rollbacks are on the horizon. Insurance companies and HMOs are anticipating a huge bonus if the rights of patients are severely curtailed by Congress. "Un-Making Law . . . points out that George Bush"s agenda involves more than playing cowboy in Iraq and giving tax breaks to fat cats. It also includes enacting tort reform, which . . . would ultimately reduce…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 10/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Jay M. Feinman serves as Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. He is the author of five previous books, including 1001 Legal Words and Un-Making Law: The Conservative Campaign to Roll Back the Common Law.



Introduction



The Resurrection of Classical Common Law



Injuries, Victims, and the Attack on Tort Law



A Realistic View of Tort Law



Consumers, Workers, and the Tyranny of Freedom of Contract



Freedom of Contract and Fair Contract



Property Rights and the Right's Property



Takings and Transcendental Nonsense



The Movement to Un-Make the Law


Conclusion


Updates


Notes


Acknowledgments