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From: janw@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Litigation
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 18:22:00 EST
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[Frank Adams writes]
>In article <28200417@inmet.UUCP> janw@inmet.UUCP writes:
>>I must be missing something but why wouldn't the standard default
>>libertarian solution for most things, namely litigation or the
>>possibility of it - work for pollution ?

>This is a complete change subject (so I changed the subject line).

??? The subject was : Pollution: No Libertarian solution.
I suggested that laws allowing potential pollution victims
to sue for damages would constitute *a* libertarian solution.
If someone can shoot this down, fine, if not,
this is a *theorem of existence*.

>This quote got me to wondering -- is there any connection between the
>libertarian fondness for litigation, and the current mushrooming of
>litigation in the United States?

Hardly - not enough libertarians to affect statistics. Is there such a
fondness ? I have not polled enough libertarians to know. I myself
loathe litigation.

>Perhaps it's just a coincidence.  I would be interested if anyone has
>any ideas on the subject, however.

Coincidence between litigation and what ?
*Existence* of a few libertarians ?

>I have directed followups to net.politics.theory, since I think this
>discussion mostly belongs there, not net.legal.

How did it get to net.legal in the first place ?

Addendum:  Though libertarianism has not *caused* the excess of litigation,
it has a *solution*. The problem is mostly created by a legal caste
that has a vested interest in it. Therefore it keeps the legal
system and the legal process complex, obscure, slow,  erratic
and hard to avoid.  A matter of job security .
Abolish their privileged status - let anyone who wants plead, judge and
legislate, and free market will do the rest.

                        Jan Wasilewsky