Litigation Migrants

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q3 BUSINESS

American Business Law Journal Pub Date : 2019-05-20 DOI:10.1111/ablj.12138

Charlotte S. Alexander

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Abstract

Civil law is enforced primarily via private litigation. One characteristic of private enforcement is that litigation levels tend to cycle between periods of boom and bust. This article builds a theory for explaining this fluctuation, proposing that plaintiffs’ attorneys can be understood as economic migrants. Just as workers cross borders to find jobs, lawyers “move” across case types and jurisdictions to find profitable claims, and case filing numbers increase as a result. Using the recent wage and hour litigation boom as a case study, this article paints an empirical picture of attorney migration and its influence on case filing numbers.

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诉讼的移民

民法主要通过私人诉讼来执行。私人执法的一个特点是，诉讼水平往往在繁荣和萧条之间循环。本文构建了一个解释这种波动的理论，提出原告律师可以被理解为经济移民。就像工人跨越国界去找工作一样，律师们“移动”到不同的案件类型和司法管辖区去寻找有利可图的索赔，因此案件立案数量增加了。本文以最近的工资和工时诉讼热潮为例，描绘了律师迁移及其对案件立案数量的影响的实证图景。

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American Business Law Journal Multiple-

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

16.70%

发文量

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