The litigation state public regulation and private lawsuits in the United States

Summary: Of the 1.65 million lawsuits enforcing federal laws over the past decade, 3 percent were prosecuted by the federal government, while 97 percent were litigated by private parties. When and why did private plaintiff-driven litigation become a dominant model for enforcing federal regulation? The Litigation State shows how government legislation created the nation's reliance upon private litigation, and investigates why Congress would choose to mobilize, through statutory design, private lawsuits to implement federal statutes. Sean Farhang argues that Congress deliberately cultivates such private.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400836789 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1400836786 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource ([xi], 302 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2010.

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General Note:	CatBulkString:sept.20.12 CatMonthString:jun.14 Multi-User. Terms of use - Includes index. Multi-user.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U.S.; CONTENTS; Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I: Private Enforcement Regimes in General; ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; Part II: Private Enforcement Regimes and Civil Rights; Notes; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.