Abstract
In this paper, I shall put forward some conjectures about the way in which the basic features of the process of litigation (in a legal system like that of the United States) create and limit the possiblities of using that system as a means of redistributive (i.e., equalizing) change. We shall take litigation in the broadest sense of the presentation of claims to be decided by courts (or court-like agencies) and the whole penumbra of threats, feints, etc., surrounding such presentation.
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Galanter, M. (1976). The Distribution of Advantages in the Litigation Process. In: Friedman, L.M., Rehbinder, M. (eds) Zur Soziologie des Gerichtsverfahrens (Sociology of the Judicial Process). Jahrbuch für Rechtssoziologie und Rechtstheorie, vol 4. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96982-8_14
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