Litigation over costs batters originally simple legal concepts into intricate complexity

Evidence

A legal concept begins its career as smooth and as perfect as an egg. But if the concept has economic or social consequences, and if it leads to contention between interest groups, litigation may batter and bruise it out of shape. This was the fate of the concept of “settlement.” It turned into a rat’s nest of complexity. … Decades of litigation made the whole concept of “settlement” incredibly intricate. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 1209

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Litigation disputes fall into fact, law, or mixed categories — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1276

Broader Connections

• Litigation disputes fall into fact, law, or mixed categories #expands (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1276