Mulcahy, Linda (2012) The collective interest in private dispute resolution. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 33 (1). pp. 59-80. ISSN 0143-6503
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This article considers the relationship between the interests of individual litigants and the facilitation of doctrine for the collective good. More specifically, it examines the extent to which the policy and rules governing the management of civil litigation reflect a genuine commitment to the development of the common law. It is argued that litigation models in England send out conflicting messages about the commitment our society has to nurturing precedents and that we remain ambivalent about whether resources should be directed to identifying cases with precedent-setting potential. Contrary to recent policy statements that encourage disputants to resolve issues in private forums such as mediation, this article concludes that the time is ripe to turn our attention to the equally important issue of how to ensure that certain types of cases reach a public forum.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://ojls.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2013 12:06 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2024 02:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46058 |
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