Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation: The Effect of Class Actions, Consolidations, and Other Multiparty DevicesNorthwestern University Press, 1995 - 367 من الصفحات One of the most prominent of contemporary jurists, Judge Jack B. Weinstein has influenced substantive and procedural aspects of the law of mass tort litigation. He has helped create efficient yet compassionate solutions to problems resulting from Vietnam veterans' exposure to Agent Orange and to the health hazards associated with asbestos and DES. |
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... judge often cannot rely on the litigants to frame the issues appropriately . The judge cannot focus narrowly on the facts before the court , declining to take into account the relationship of those facts to the social realities beyond ...
... judge often cannot rely on the litigants to frame the issues appropriately . The judge cannot focus narrowly on the facts before the court , declining to take into account the relationship of those facts to the social realities beyond ...
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... judge's latitude in seeking out- side help . The judge , for the most part , is to remain confined to the for- mal submissions and proof of the parties . " The adversary system is founded upon the idea of the judge as tabula rasa . The ...
... judge's latitude in seeking out- side help . The judge , for the most part , is to remain confined to the for- mal submissions and proof of the parties . " The adversary system is founded upon the idea of the judge as tabula rasa . The ...
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... Judge Disqualification , 62 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 237 ( 1987 ) ( discussing what con- stitutes impartiality ) ; Note , Disqualification of Judges and Justices in the Federal Courts , 86 Harv . L. Rev. 736 , 757-59 ( 1973 ) ( discussing ...
... Judge Disqualification , 62 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 237 ( 1987 ) ( discussing what con- stitutes impartiality ) ; Note , Disqualification of Judges and Justices in the Federal Courts , 86 Harv . L. Rev. 736 , 757-59 ( 1973 ) ( discussing ...
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