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Litigation and inequality federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958

Title
Litigation and inequality [electronic resource] : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 / Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
Author
Purcell, Edward A.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
Description
x, 446 p.; 25 cm.
Uniform Title
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject
  • Jurisdiction > Social aspects > History. > United States
  • Civil procedure > Social aspects > History. > United States
  • Courts > United States > History
  • Actions and defenses > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic text and image data.
Contents
Origins of a Social Litigation System -- The Social Structure of Party Inequality and the Informal Legal Process -- The Federal Common Law -- The Battle for Forum Control, I: The Jurisdictional Amount and the Limits of Corporate Liability -- The Battle for Forum Control, II: Joinder and the Limits of the System -- Removal and the Problems of Local Prejudice: Three Perspectives on the System -- Contraction and Evolution: The System After 1910 -- The Rise of Interstate Forum Shopping -- Tactical Escalation in Insurance Litigation -- Disintegration -- Retrospective: History, Procedure, and the Social Role of the Federal Courts
OCLC
(dli)HEB07921
Author
Purcell, Edward A.
Title
Litigation and inequality [electronic resource] : federal diversity jurisdiction in industrial America, 1870-1958 / Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Series
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
Found In:
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
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Original 0195073290 9780195073294 (DLC) 91035869
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