{"product_id":"the-rugged-litigant-9781503647527","title":"The Rugged Litigant","description":"\u003cp\u003eTort law refers to the system of laws governing civil wrongdoing, which is a bedrock governmental function and entails hundreds of thousands of lawsuits annually. These suits range from individual disputes stemming from car crashes, medical errors, or slip-and-fall accidents, to complex public health issues like the fallout from artificial intelligence and social media.Sensationalized accounts of these encounters with the law are part of a broader post-truth politics and the ongoing culture wars in contemporary Americanpolitics. Conservative rhetoric, for example, exaggerates the prevalence of frivolous claims, while liberal talking pointsdescribe tort as holding reckless corporations accountable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In this book, the authors map these debates onto the mythology of rugged American individualism, which privileges both stoic self-reliance and standing up to powerful interests. They explore attitudes towards claimants and claims in three policy areas: medical malpractice, auto collisions, and premises liability. \u003cthe rugged litigant\u003e deftly weaves a story of complex and layered preferences that defy conventional accounts of culture wars, and ultimately, display a shocking degree of consensus across ideologies: people believe that litigation should be an option - when used as a last resort. These findings offer a novel roadmap for countering the seemingly intractable polarization in today's politics. \u003c\/the\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeb Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49197148700923,"sku":"9781503647527","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-rugged-litigant-9781503647527","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}