{"product_id":"what-price-civil-justice-9780255364294","title":"What Price Civil Justice?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sir Alan Peacock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Institute of Economic Affairs\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Economy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Britain the costs of justice - to taxpayers and litigants - have been rising faster than GDP. For efficiency reasons and to encourage innovation, reform is required and some action is already underway. But reform is complicated because 'justice' is a complex product - bought on 'trust' by many consumers and with precedent and spillover effects. Some good ideas for reform are already in circulation. But there is a case for experimentation rather than trying to work out in advance which ideas should be implemented. Market forces should have a bigger role in the civil justice system and there should be more competition in the provision of dispute resolution services. Probable features of a reformed judicial system would be competitive tendering, better information for clients about alternative ways of proceeding and more power for trial judges to control the passage of a case. The supply of judges also needs to be addressed: court fees could be determined by market forces and the proceeds ploughed back into judicial capacity. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures allow parties a choice of jurisdictions. ADR produces precedents, to the extent they are required, and does not need the threat of litigation in the background. A big advantage of ADR is that it avoids monopolized law which otherwise tends to produce inflexibility, bad rules and politicization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Institute of Economic Affairs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892373078167,"sku":"9780255364294","price":1446.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780255364294.webp?v=1781186703","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-price-civil-justice-9780255364294","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}