Even prevailing communities can be hit with attorneys’ fee awards

Evidence

Only when there were fewer lawyers and when the Dutch custom of obliging the loser to pay costs had been introduced, claimed Doria, would the courts regain some of the trust which had previously been confided in them (1953: 184-5). — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1841 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reducing lawyers and loser-pays costs could restore court trust — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1841

Related

• Reducing lawyers and loser-pays costs could restore court trust (similarity 0.96)

Broader Connections

• Reducing lawyers and loser-pays costs could restore court trust #responds-to (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1841