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Are Americans More Litigious? Some Quantitative Evidence
2012, An American Illness
Eric Bennett Rasmusen, J. Mark Ramseyer
Abstract
Many observers suggest that American citizens sue more readily than citizens elsewhere, and that American judges shape society more powerfully than judges elsewhere. We examine the problems involved in exploring these questions quantitatively. The data themselves indicate that American law’s notoriety does not result from how we handle routine disputes. Instead, it results from the peculiar and dysfunctional way American courts handle particular legal doctrines like class actions.
Citation
Rasmusen, Eric Bennett and J. Mark Ramseyer (2012), "Are Americans More Litigious? Some Quantitative Evidence," in Frank Buckley (ed.), An American Illness, forthcoming.
