Privatizing Justice: Arbitration and the Decline of Public Governance in the U.S.

by Sarah Staszak

Book Overview

One of the primary goals of the 1970s-era conservative legal movement was to undo New Deal policies that favored labor at the expense of capital. One of the movement's most effective strategies turned out to be advancing bipartisan legislation on arbitration and convincing the courts that settling disputes that way was preferable to litigation. Today, most consumers and employees today are bound by arbitration agreements, in which they are required...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197771734
• ISBN13: 9780197771730
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"