Tort Reform, Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Access to Justice |
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| Author:
| Daniels, Stephen
Martin, Joanne |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-2073-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Plaintiffs' lawyers are the civil justice system's gatekeepers, providing meaningful access to the rights the law provides--access that may be significantly undercut by tort reform. Drawing on over 20 years of research on plaintiffs' lawyers and tort reform in Texas, Daniels and Martin provide a richly detailed analysis of the Texas plaintiffs' bar in order to explore how tort reform affects lawyers' practices and what this means for meaningful access.
Plaintiffs' lawyers are the civil justice system's gatekeepers, providing meaningful access to the rights the law provides--access that may be significantly undercut by tort reform. Drawing on over 20 years of research on plaintiffs' lawyers and tort reform in Texas, Daniels and Martin provide a richly detailed analysis of the Texas plaintiffs' bar in order to explore how tort reform affects lawyers' practices and what this means for meaningful access.