{"product_id":"see-you-in-court-how-the-right-made-america-a-lawsuit-nation-hardcover","title":"See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Geoghegan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Geoghegan is a practicing attorney and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eIn America's Court: How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes to Settle Stumbled into a Criminal Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist \u003ci\u003eWhich Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSee You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWere You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.48 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47566222950621,"sku":"9781595580993","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/fUrlR5k2ud9781595580993.webp?v=1773310670","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/see-you-in-court-how-the-right-made-america-a-lawsuit-nation-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}