ABC News runs an extensive interview with Philip Howard on American litigiousness. “We took a wrong turn in American justice about 40 years ago. [J]udges have been sitting on their hands …. letting people claim anything, and the effect is not better justice, it is worse justice.”
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The effect has nothing to do with justice, it is the need for more lawyers and more billable hours. In most cases “justice” is not the issue … or even seriously considered. It’s a competition and all about winning or losing.