Ralph E. Warner - Fed Up With the Legal System?: Whats Wrong & How to Fix It (Fed Up With the Legal System)

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SECOND EDITION

with the
LEGAL SYSTEM

Whats Wrong
& How to Fix It

by Attorneys Ralph Warner & Stephen Elias

Edited by Mary Randolph & Barbara Kate Repa

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Fed up with the legal system? : whats wrong and how to fix it / by
Nolo Press editors. -- 2nd national ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Legal breakdown. 1st ed. 1990.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-87337-242-5
1. Justice, Administration of--United States. 2. Law reform
United States. I. Nolo Press. II. Legal breakdown.
KF384.Z9F43 1994
347.73--dc20
[347.307] 94-974
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The writing of this book, even more than most Nolo Press projects, has been a collaborative effort. Every one of Nolos staff of about a dozen legal writers and editors contributed. The result is an eclectic and exciting mix of ideas, woven into 42 specific proposals to reform our legal system.

We would especially like to thank Nolo editors Mary Randolph, Barbara Kate Repa and Marcia Stewart, who made substantial contributions to the second edition. Barbara Kates expertise on healthcare issues and Marcias extensive knowledge of consumer protection issues were crucial to the proposals on those subjects.

David Brown, Dennis Clifford, Lisa Goldoftas, Fred Horch, Catherine Jermany, Robin Leonard, Tony Mancuso, Kate McGrath and Albin Renauer also made creative contributions.

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