Government litigation policies shape litigation rates more than societal development does

Evidence

The Japanese experience reveals that when disputes arise, the values and expectations of the society can encourage or discourage litigation. But so, too, can governmental policies designed to reduce access, increase delay, and deny relief or, alternatively, to facilitate legal redress of Stievaness Far from being the inevitable product of societal development; iti on refle ve val SOURCES: Takao Tanase, “The Management of Disputes: Automobile Accident Compensation in Japan,” Law & Society Review 24 (1990): 651-689; and Robert L. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2317

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Comparative data contradict the claim that the United States is extraordinarily litigious; Japan’s low litigation rate defies modernization-based explanations since it is advanced and urbanized; US per capita litigation rates are comparable to several other developed nations — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1132 (+2 more)