Recommended Citation
Scott Dodson,
Cooperativism in the American Adversarial Tradition, 40
Civ. Just. Q.
283
(2021).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/faculty_scholarship/1846
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
American civil litigation is adversarial both-in the sense of fitting within the adversarial tradition of party-driven litigation followed in most common-law countries, and in the sense of being aggressively combative. Yet within US civil litigation is an undercurrent of cooperativism. This article uncovers cooperativism in the procedural rules and common party practice, and it situates cooperativism within both adversarialism and judicial managerialism. The article argues that cooperativism is a story in its own right, one that should not be overlooked.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Civil Justice Quarterly