With unseemly speed

HR 4571 is an effort to effect back-door "tort reform" that slights separation of powers and federalism values without either a reliable demonstration of need or a thoughtful consideration of alternatives. The core of the bill would reverse most of the 1993 amendments to Rule 11 of the Fed...

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Published inJudicature Vol. 88; no. 2; p. 52
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies 01.09.2004
Subjects
Amendments
Civil rights
Congressional hearings
Federal legislation
Legal reform
Torts
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Summary:HR 4571 is an effort to effect back-door "tort reform" that slights separation of powers and federalism values without either a reliable demonstration of need or a thoughtful consideration of alternatives. The core of the bill would reverse most of the 1993 amendments to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which, like the original rule and the 1983 amendments, were promulgated by the Supreme Court under the Rules Enabling Act.
ISSN:0022-5800