Book Review by Elizabeth G. Thornburg
Asking the right question can be as important as giving the right answer. In her book Judging Civil Justice, Dame Hazel Genn forcefully argues that the right question about the civil justice system is not “[h]ow much justice can we afford” but “how much justice can we afford to forego.” Genn has spent her professional lifetime studying methods for resolving civil disputes. A pioneer in empirical legal studies, she has for thirty years interviewed litigants, lawyers, and judges and studied courts, tribunals, and ADR methods. Genn is a clear-eyed observer, deeply sympathetic to the plight of modern courts but unwilling to ignore the politics that underlie the rhetoric of court reform today.
About the Author
Elizabeth G. Thornburg. Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law; B.A., College of William and Mary; J.D., Southern Methodist University.
Citation
85 Tul. L. Rev. 247 (2010)