The American Tort Process (Clarendon Paperbacks)

This book is a penetrating account of the singular way in which the American tort system has evolved and works today. Drawing on years of international experience, Fleming discusses such topics as judicial activism, the jury in civil trials, trial lawyers, contingent fees, and mass litigation.

"No summary of Fleming's masterful account of the different American background and its effect on the substantive rules of modern tort law can do justice to the author's erudition and pithy style....It brings together a wide vast amount of information and...thus richly deserves a wide readership."--Cambridge Law Journal

"A remarkable sociological and juridical work."--Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé

"Provide[s] a readable and comprehensive review of the tort law system, a review nonspecialists will find both comprehensible and interesting....Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty."--Choice