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Book Announcement: The Litigation State by Farhang

By Lawrence Solum

The Litigation State
Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the United States
Sean Farhang

To read the entire book description or a sample chapter, please visit:
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9350.html
Of the 1.65 million lawsuits enforcing federal laws over the past decade, 3 percent were prosecuted by the federal government, while 97 percent were litigated by private parties. When and why did private plaintiff-driven litigation become a dominant model for enforcing federal regulation? Sean Farhang argues that Congress deliberately cultivates such private lawsuits partly as a means of enforcing its will over the resistance of opposing presidents.
Paper | $27.95 / £19.95 | ISBN: 978-0-691-14382-8
Cloth | $75.00 / £52.00 | ISBN: 978-0-691-14381-1
e-Book | $27.95 | ISBN: 978-1-4008-3678-9

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on September 02, 2010 (boomark / email).