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Book Symposium on Staszak's Privatizing Justice: Arbitration & the Decline of Public Governance
Political conflict in the United States unfolds iteratively in the context of a complex multi-level, multi-venue political landscape. Courts play an enormously important role in shaping political-economic outcomes. Sarah Staszak’s new book, Privatizing Justice, powerfully illustrates these points.
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Introduction to the APE Blog’s Symposium on Staszak’s Privatizing Justice
Political conflict in the United States unfolds iteratively in the context of a complex multi-level, multi-venue political landscape. Courts play an enormously important role in shaping political-economic outcomes. Sarah Staszak’s new book, Privatizing Justice, powerfully illustrates these points.
Sarah Staszak’s Search for American Political Development
Sarah Staszak’s Privatizing Justice is a worthy successor to her award-winning No Day in Court. Both books capture how seemingly obscure aspects of the law are integral to understanding the scope of the modern American state and political economy.
Privatizing Justice: Lessons learned and new questions raised
Staszak tells the story of how arbitration in the United States, rooted in Progressive-era commitments to easier, more accessible, and fairer dispute resolution, became the powerful tool corporate actors now use to protect their interests, impose their will, and evade accountability.
Alternatives Abroad
There was no major legislative initiative leading to the development of mandatory arbitration. No political figures included it in their policy platforms. The statutory basis for this new institution was an act passed in the 1920s. So why did it emerge? In Privatizing Justice: Arbitration and the Decline of Public Governance in the U.S., Sarah Staszak takes on this puzzle.
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