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Joseph Wright
Joseph Wright
Part of a series of monographs on the lives and careers of influential British artists, from the 18th century onwards. In this volume, Daniels addresses the diversity of the painterly talents of Joseph Wright (of Derby), and the inextricable links between his art and the Enlightenment.
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Tort Reform, Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Access to Justice
Tort Reform, Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Access to Justice
Tort reform is a favorite cause for many business leaders and right-leaning politicians, who contend that out-of-control lawsuits throttle growth and inflate costs, particularly in healthcare. Less is said about how such reforms might affect the ability of individuals to recover damages for injuries suffered through another party's negligence. On that count, Texas--where efforts at tort reform have been energetic and successful--provides an opportunity to appraise the outcome for plaintiffs and their lawyers, an opportunity that Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin take full advantage of in this timely and provocative work. Because much of the action on tort reform takes place on the state level, a look at the experience of Texas, a large and important state with a very active plaintiff's bar, is especially instructive. Plaintiffs' lawyers work on a contingency fee basis, collecting compensation for themselves as a percentage only if they win. Reduce lawyers' ability to use contingency fees as compensation, as tort reform inevitably does, and you reduce their economic incentive to do this work. Daniels and Martin’s study bears this out. Drawing on over 20 years of research, extensive surveys and interviews, the authors explore the impact the tort reform movement in Texas has had on the ability of plaintiffs to obtain judgments--in short on private citizens' meaningful access to the full power of the law. In the course of their analysis, the authors explain the history and economics behind the workings of the plaintiffs’ bar. They explore how lawyers select cases and clients, as well as the referral process that moves cases among lawyers and allows for specialization. They also examine the effects of medical malpractice reforms on plaintiffs' lawyers--reforms that often close the courthouse doors to certain types of people--tort reform's "hidden victims." Plaintiffs' lawyers are the civil justice system's gatekeepers, providing meaningful access to the rights the law provides. Daniels and Martin’s thorough and fair-minded work offers a unique and sobering perspective on how tort reform can curtail this access--and thus, the legal rights of American citizens.
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Civil Justice in America: Responsibility to the Public
Report of NCJI's 2022 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges, held on July 16, 2022 in Seattle, WA. Report includes original academic papers by Prof. Stephen Daniels of American Bar Foundation and Prof. Stephan Landsman of DePaul University College of Law; formal comments by panels of legal experts,; keynote address by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley School of Law; and frank comments made by attending judges during small group discussions.
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Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform
Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform
Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin have analyzed patterns in jury verdicts in a number of substantive legal areas, including medical malpractice, products liability, and punitive damages, against the background of the larger political and academic debate over tort reform. Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform brings together and summarizes the authors' extensive empirical research on civil jury verdicts in the context of that debate. Some commentators are arguing that there is a substantial gap between the image of juries and civil justice that is driving tort reform and what is known of the reality of the civil justice system. The authors use their discussion of juries not simply to help inform the policy debate but to analyze tort reform as a public policy issue for what it tells about the policy process itself.
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A Tangled Tale
A Tangled Tale
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Digital Governance
Digital Governance
Digital Governance provides managers with a simple and jargon-free introduction to the impact that digital technology can have on the governance of their organisations. Digital technology is at the heart of any enterprise today, changing business processes and the way we work. But this technology is often used inefficiently, riskily or inappropriately. Worse perhaps, many organisational leaders fail to grasp the opportunities it offers and thus fail to "transform" their organisations through the use of technology. This book provides an explanation of the basic issues around the opportunities and risks associated with digital technology. It describes the role that digital technology can play across organisations (and not just behind the locked doors of the IT department), giving boards and top management the insight to develop strategies for investing in and exploiting digital technology as well as arming them with the knowledge required to ask the right questions of specialists and to detect when the answers given are evasive or irrelevant. International in its scope, this essential book covers the fundamental principles of digital governance such as leadership, capability, accountability for value creation and transparency of reporting, integrity and ethical behaviour.
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Beyond the Will of God
Beyond the Will of God
This book is about how people exploit those with compassion and never expect to be exposed. If Adolph Hitler were alive today, how effective would his argument be about bringing up his past? It is unfortunate that there are no laws dealing with Spiritual violations. In the sports world, there are specific rules and regulations governing each sport at all levels. They are used to protect the athlete and provide integrity to the game. This story addresses the absence of any rules pertaining to parental responsibilities for the healthy development of their children, moral and ethical decadence in relationships, mental and spiritual abuse, and man's inhumanity to man. This book was written based on my having a sixth sense and photographic memory. The accuracy of such resources could be questionable. However, I have included documents to substantiate my claims. This story was written according to my life experiences.
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