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Fitzpatrick, Brian T

 
9780226659336: The Conservative Case for Class Actions
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ISBN 10: 022665933X ISBN 13: 9780226659336
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2019

Sinopsis

Since the 1960s, the class action lawsuit has been a powerful tool for holding businesses accountable. Yet years of attacks by corporate America and unfavorable rulings by the Supreme Court have left its future uncertain. In this book, Brian T. Fitzpatrick makes the case for the importance of class action litigation from a surprising political perspective: an unabashedly conservative point of view. Conservatives have opposed class actions in recent years, but Fitzpatrick argues that they should see such litigation not as a danger to the economy, but as a form of private enforcement of the law. He starts from the premise that all of us, conservatives and libertarians included, believe that markets need at least some rules to thrive, from laws that enforce contracts to laws that prevent companies from committing fraud. He also reminds us that conservatives consider the private sector to be superior to the government in most areas. And the relatively little-discussed intersection of those two beliefs is where the benefits of class action lawsuits become clear: when corporations commit misdeeds, class action lawsuits enlist the private sector to intervene, resulting in a smaller role for the government, lower taxes, and, ultimately, more effective solutions. Offering a novel argument that will surprise partisans on all sides, The Conservative Case for Class Actions is sure to breathe new life into this long-running debate.

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Brian T. Fitzpatrick is professor of law at Vanderbilt University.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
022665933X
ISBN 13 
9780226659336
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
272
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