Author: Robert E. Litan
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: challenges, threats, standards, living, american
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 1988-11
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0815752733
ISBN-13: 9780815752738

Author: Robert E. Litan
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: system, jury, civil, assessing, verdict
Number of Pages: 542
Published: 1993-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815752814
ISBN-13: 9780815752813

The right to a jury trial is a fundamental feature of the American justice system. Yet in recent years, aspects of the civil jury system have increasingly come under attack. Debate has centred on both substantive law - specifically the doctrines that allow injured individuals to recover compensation from those who caused their injuries - and legal procedure - primarily the high and rising costs of litigation, delay in resolving disputes and the quality of justice. This book features papers presented at a recent conference co-sponsored by Brookings and the litigations section of the American Ba

Author: Robert E. Litan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: growth, innovation, law, handbook
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2011-03-11
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 1848441878
ISBN-13: 9781848441873

This Handbook provides breakthrough analyses on an important, cutting-edge topic: the connections between the legal system, both in substance and process, and innovation and growth. Arguably the most important intellectual development in legal scholarship and judicial decision-making over the past four decades has been the increasing use of economic modes of analysis in legal reasoning. The Handbook on Law, Innovation and Growth sheds new light on the linkages between innovation, growth and the legal system, answering questions that will help policymakers better understand and implement the la

Author: Robert E. Litan
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: banks
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 1987-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0815752695
ISBN-13: 9780815752691

Authors:Robert E. Litan, Yaakov Kop,
Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr
Keywords: pluralism, experiment, israeli, together, sticking
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-03
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815702264
ISBN-13: 9780815702269

This text examines the many challenges confronting the Israel experience with pluralism, and in the process, draws lessons that might prove useful to other societies that struggle to accommodate the needs of highly diverse populations.

Authors:Robert E. Litan, Richard Herring,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: services, financial, papers, wharton, brookings
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0815701195
ISBN-13: 9780815701194

This annual series from the Brooking Institution and the Financial Institutions Center at the Wharton School provides analyses of the financial services industry.

Authors:Peter W. Huber, Robert E. Litan,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: liability, innovation, safety, impact, maze, law
Number of Pages: 514
Published: 1991-07
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0815737610
ISBN-13: 9780815737612