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020			_a9780511976551 (ebook)
020			_z9781107001220 (hardback)
020			_z9780521189491 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aKF310.C6 _bB75 2011
082	0	0	_a347.73/77 _222
100	1		_aBrickman, Lester, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLawyer Barons : _bWhat Their Contingency Fees Really Cost America / _cLester Brickman.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (584 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book is a broad and deep inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance. Contingency fees are the way personal injury lawyers finance access to the courts for those wrongfully injured. Although the public senses that lawyers manipulate the justice system to serve their own ends, few are aware of the high costs that come with contingency fees. This book sets out to change that, providing a window into the seamy underworld of contingency fees that the bar and the courts not only tolerate but even protect and nurture. Contrary to a broad academic consensus, the book argues that the financial incentives for lawyers to litigate are so inordinately high that they perversely impact our civil justice system and impose other unconscionable costs. It thus presents the intellectual architecture that underpins all tort reform efforts.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107001220
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511976551
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38158 _d38158