Title: Blocking the courthouse door : how the Republican Party and its corporate allies are taking away your right to sue /
Authors: Mencimer, Stephanie, 1969-
Publisher: Free Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Justice, Administration of United States; Frivolous suits (Civil procedure) United States.; Damages United States.
Abstract: Charges the Bush administration and corporations with compromising civil liberties that protect the rights of Americans to sue, identifying the government's role in small business bankruptcy, and the deterioration of private medical practices.
Contents: Too good to check : media myths about the civil justice system -- When the smoke clears : big tobacco's secret tort project -- Mess with Texas : George W. Bush and the Texas tort moguls -- We wuz robe'd: unseating liberal judges -- Cash bar : the campaign to cut attorney fees -- Shock and law : the war on lawyers -- Millions served : jackpot justice and the Jefferson County juries -- Crackpot justice : the myth of the frivolous lawsuit -- E Pluribus screw 'em : class action reform and the attack on consumer protection -- Slip and call : merchants' (irrational) fear of getting sued -- The hypocritical oath : when doctors double as tort-reform lobbyists -- In big government we trust : how the GOP learned to love bureaucrats -- In the tanker : Exxon's stealth campaign against punitive damages -- Can I get a witness? : junk science and the war on experts -- Why it matters.