No Contest : Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America - Hardcover

Nader, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679429727 ISBN 13: 9780679429722

Publisher: Random House, 1996

Synopsis

Consumer activist Ralph Nader and lawyer and author Wesley J. Smith take a look behind the scenes of the law business, where the pursuit of corporate profit has eclipsed the pursuit of justice. Nader and Smith use human stories, accurate statistics, and common sense to provide an alternative set of reforms to open the system, streamline justice, and cut legal costs--all while guaranteeing Americans their day in court.

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Review:

The most controversial section of this ringing denunciation of corporate law is that on tort reform, which Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and 1996 Green Party Presidential candidate, and Wesley J. Smith denounce as "tort deform" measures sure to further insulate corporations from the damage wrought by pollution and dangerous products. But Nader has never shied from controversy, and this series of case studies attacks confidential settlements in injury cases, state ethics boards, and links between high-power corporate lawyers and government officials with an equal measure of indignation and reformist zeal.

About the Author:

Ralph Nader, the nationally renowned consumer activist, works in Washington, D.C. Author and attorney Wesley J. Smith lives in Oakland, California. Together Nader and Smith are the authors of Winning the Insurance Game and Collision Course: The Truth About Airline Safety.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679429727
• ISBN 13: 9780679429722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 427