Connecting Litigation Levels and Legal Mobilization

Explaining Interstate Variation in Employment Civil Rights Litigation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7907148
AutoresCharles R Epp (autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas145-163
Fecha de publicación1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3053790
OpenAlexW2321031073
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas28

Social science research on civil litigation has concentrated either on explaining variations in aggregate litigation levels or on explaining individual-level mobilization of the law. This article attempts to connect the two approaches by analyzing variations in state-level employment civil rights litigation within a framework based on individual-legal decisionmaking. Because the structure of our court system forces individuals to consider the costs and benefits of pursuing litigation, the model developed here incorporates factors that would affect individuals' cost/benefit decisionmaking with regard to civil rights litigation. The multivariate regression model based on this framework explains, with increasing strength, much of the state-level variation in civil rights litigation levels for the years 1970, 1975, and 1980. Although the framework has certain limitations, it may serve to enhance our understanding of aggregate litigation levels

Business · Civil litigation · Civil rights · Mobilization · Political science · Variation (astronomy · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Regulation and Compliance Studies