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The Law in Shambles

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This little book is certainly the most lively volume I have ever encountered on legal topics. The author, a prominent Chicago employment lawyer, of decidedly liberal bent, unabashedly unloads on a number of topics, but in an informative way. The author feels that the law has changed in many unfortunate ways. Among the responsible factors he identifies are (1) the decline of unions; (2) evisceration of labor law protections for workers; (3) the gradual elimination of defined benefit pension plans by 401k's (kudos to him on this); (4)recourse to tort law remedies rather than contractual relief; (5) the subplanting of regualation by tort law; (6) increased suits against city governments; (7)a loss of faith in juries and judges; and (8) low voting participation. The author puts forward some interesting proposed solutions as well. All of this is packed into a small book of petite pages numbering 142. I am fond of "the world is going to hell" books, and this is a pretty good one written by an author with some major insights into our present situation.

I concur with R. Clark. I tend to flip a book open before reading from cover to cover. The topic that caught my eye was "pay day lenders". Immediately I was interested in what Geoghagen had to say. Then, I thought about what impact this little essay might have on aspiring lawyers. Fortunately for young aspirants, idealism exists. Older students would tend to be more analytical. How do we restore the rule of law?