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Notes on the Situation

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  • GRIFFIN B. BELL
  • TERRENCE B. ADAMSON

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This article provides perceptions of some of the underlying causes of the “litigation explosion†that courts in the United States currently face. Americans are turning to courts for the solution to problems that formerly were provided by other institutions or resolved informally. Litigation has also been encouraged by court decisions in new areas of the law, oftentimes remedying long-suffered injustices. Taken up as well are various remedies to ease the overload on courts and to broaden the access to justice for all citizens. Measures to keep unmeritorious cases out of court, as well as efforts to broaden the range of dispute resolution forums, are discussed. Some disputes now in the courts do not need the full range of court services and in fact may be more effectively resolved elsewhere.

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  • Griffin B. Bell & Terrence B. Adamson, 1982. "Notes on the Situation," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 462(1), pages 16-25, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:462:y:1982:i:1:p:16-25
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716282462001002
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